Vega de Granada
| Vega de Granada | |
|---|---|
| Comarca | |
 Location in the province of Granada. | |
| Country |
 Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Granada |
| Capital | Granada |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,362.22 km2 (525.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 500,121 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
The Vega de Granada is a comarca (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Granada, southeastern Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the comarca has a population of 500,121 inhabitants.
Inaugurated in 2013, a cultural group, Vega Educa dedicated to environmental sustainability for the maintaining of the Vega staged its second show of music and poetry in April 2014, in Granada. Attended by Tim Robbins, artists (musicians and poets) included Miguel Rios, La Barraca, The family of Enrique Morente with the band - Lagartija Nick, Paco Ibanez, Lara Bello, Luis Garcia Montero and Laura Garcia Lorca. It was said the Leonard Cohen had been invited, but could not be tempted from his recurrent spiritual retreat for a matter so terrestrial. Viva La Vega!
Municipalities
- Albolote
- Alfacar
- Alhendín
- Armilla
- Atarfe
- Beas de Granada
- Cájar
- Calicasas
- Cenes de la Vega
- Chauchina
- Churriana de la Vega
- Cijuela
- Cogollos Vega
- Cúllar Vega
- Dílar
- Dúdar
- Fuente Vaqueros
- Las Gabias
- Gójar
- Granada
- Güéjar Sierra
- Güevéjar
- Huétor Santillán
- Huétor Vega
- Jun
- Láchar
- Maracena
- Monachil
- Nívar
- Ogíjares
- Peligros
- Pinos Genil
- Pinos Puente
- Pulianas
- Quéntar
- Santa Fe
- Valderrubio
- Vegas del Genil
- Villa de Otura
- Víznar
- La Zubia
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vega de Granada. |
- Vega de Granada tourism (Spanish)
- Northeast of the Vega de Granada (Spanish)
Coordinates: 37°11′15″N 3°36′39″W / 37.18750°N 3.61083°W