Campo de Gibraltar


Campo de Gibraltar is one of the six comarcas in the province of Cádiz, Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of mainland Europe. It comprises the municipalities of Algeciras, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, San Martín del Tesorillo and Tarifa. This comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia.
Its name comes from the municipal territory of the town of Gibraltar, now a British Overseas Territory. Until 1704, the Campo de Gibraltar was simply the territory for the municipality of Gibraltar, about corresponding approximately to the current municipalities of Algeciras, San Roque, Los Barrios and La Línea de la Concepción. Following the capture of Gibraltar during the War of the Spanish Succession, the former inhabitants settled nearby creating Algeciras, San Roque, and Los Barrios. In 1759, each of them was established as a different municipality.

Municipalities

The Campo de Gibraltar comarca is composed of the following eight municipalities:
ArmsMunicipalityLocationArea
Population
Density
AlgecirasBay of Gibraltar85.8123,6391,441
Los BarriosInterior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
Bay of Gibraltar
331.324,21973.1
Castellar de la FronteraInterior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
178.83,02016.9
Jimena de la FronteraInterior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
297.16,67522.4
La Línea de la ConcepciónBay of Gibraltar
Mediterranean coast
19.363,7733,304
San Martín del TesorilloInterior
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
48.62,74256.4
San RoqueInterior - Bay of Gibraltar
Mediterranean coast
146.933,646229
TarifaAtlantic coast
Los Alcornocales Natural Park
419.718,62144.3
Total 1,527.5276,335180.9