Gérgal

Gérgal, Spain
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 37.118565°N 2.539563°W / 37.118565; -2.539563
Country	Spain
Community	Andalusia
Municipality	Almería
Government
• Mayor	Leonor María Membrive Gómez (PSOE)
Area
• Total	228 km^2 (88 sq mi)
Elevation	758 m (2,487 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,031
• Density	4.5/km^2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Gérgal is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

The town is located at the foot of the southern side of the Sierra de Los Filabres.

Near this town, in 1981, the wreck of a green Ford Fiesta was discovered, which uncovered the Almería Case.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1999	1,067	—
2000	1,059	−0.7%
2001	1,050	−0.8%
2002	1,029	−2.0%
2003	1,062	+3.2%
2004	1,068	+0.6%
2005	1,057	−1.0%
Source: [2]

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2011.

External links

• (in Spanish) Gérgal - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
• (in Spanish) Gérgal - Diputación Provincial de Almería