Atarfe | |
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Municipality | |
View of the city showing its Pink Floyd park and surrounding mountains. | |
Coordinates: 37°13′22″N 3°41′11″W / 37.22278°N 3.68639°W | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous commonty | Andalusie |
Province | Granada |
Comarca | Vega de Granada |
Judicial destrict | Granada |
Govrenment | |
• Alcalde | Tomás Ruiz Maeso (2010) (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 47 km2 (18 sq mi) |
Elevation | 602 m (1,975 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 16,432 |
• Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Atarfeño, ña |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 18230 |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Atarfe is a ceety in the province o Granada, Spain. In 2011, the ceety's population wis recordit as bein 16,432. The municipality is includit in the Granada metropolitan aurie.
On 19 Apryle 1956, Atarfe an the neebourin ceety o Albolote wur struck bi Spain's wirst yirdquauk o the 20t century, a 5.0 MW temblor. 12 fowk dee'd frae the yirdquauk an subsequent landslide, an mony o the ceety's biggins wur ruined.[1]
Atarfe is famous for its muisic concerts. In 2008, Roger Waters, a umwhile member o the baund Pink Floyd, played thare,[2] resultin in a public pairk dedicated tae Pink Floyd bein creatit bi the council.[3]
Ither notable muisic acts hae played in Atarfe, includin Placebo, Mark Knopfler an Leonard Cohen,[4] either playin in the Coliseo de Atarfe fitbaa stadium[5] or ootdoors in the Recinto de Feria. The Coliseo hosts corridas an aw whaur tap bullfechters such as El Fandi, El Cordobes an Paquirri appear.[6]