Calvià

Calviá is a village on the island of Mallorca and it has some of the most beautiful beaches on the island.

Municipality
Official seal of Seal
Calvià shown within Majorca Calvià shown within Majorca
Coordinates: 39°34′N 2°31′E
Sovereign state	Spain
Autonomous community	Balearic Islands
Province	Balearic Islands
Island	Template:Country data Majorca
Comarca	Serra de Tramuntana
Administrative HQ	Calvià Vila
Government
• Type	Municipal corporation
• Body	Ayuntamiento de Calvià
• Mayor	Alfonso Rodríguez Badal (PSIB-PSOE)
Area
• Total	145.02 km2 (55.99 sq mi)
Elevation	154 m (505 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	51,774
• Density	357.01/km2 (924.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time)
Website	www.calvia.com

The village of Calvià has an area of 145 km² (56.0 sq mi) and an altitude of 143 m (469.2 ft) . There are almost 50,000 inhabitants.

Economy

Tourism is the main source of income in this city. In summer there are many tourist coming to this city, especially from the United Kingdom.

Calvià Media

• Balearic Slinger.jpg

  The Balearic slingers were among the first people to inhabit and colonize the Balearic Islands.

• Jaime1aragonimagen.jpg

  James I of Aragon, "the Conqueror".

• Torre del Cap Andritxol-pjt.jpg

  Torre del Cap Andritxol, near Peguera

• Tumba de Los Montcada-Mallorca-rafax.jpg

  Monument at the burial place of William II of Béarn, today part of the Paseo Calviá network. near Palma Nova.

• CalaElToro.JPG

  Cala El Toro beach. The small beach was constructed artificially, although there had been a natural beach where the containment rocks now are. This change was made because during the strong winter storms the sea would destroy the highway leading to a small resort.

• Puig-de-Sa-Morisca-rafax.jpg

  View of the hillock that is the site of the Puig de sa Morisca Archaeological Park in Nova Santa Ponsa. The façade of the chalet uses a technique of marjada—a type of terraced construction—typical of Mallorcan houses.

• SonFerrer-rafax.jpg

  A spanish town called Son Ferrer in mallorca.

• Calviàmap.png

  A political map of the spanish municipality of Calvià in Mallorca.

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  Cala (cove) de Portals Vells (in Catalan) or de Portales viejos (in Spanish), source of the stone blocks for La Seu Cathedral in Palma. On the cliffs you can see the "caves", really a single cave with three entrances. The cave is some 80 metres (260 ft) long 60 metres (200 ft) wide.

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  Lactarius sangifluus (esclata-sang) is a species specific to the Balearics and distinct from the common Lactarius deliciosus. It grows in the pine forests in mycorrhizic relation with the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis).

Related pages

• Mallorca