The Vega de Granada is a comarca (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Granada, in Andalusia, Spain. The name refers to the basin near the city of Granada.
This comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia.
Geography
The Vega de Granada comarca is located in the central part of the province, at the eastern area of the depression of Granada and the neighbouring mountain ranges of Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor and Sierra de la Alfaguara. It shares borders with the comarcas of Los Montes to the north, Guadix to the east, Alpujarra Granadina to the southeast, Valle de Lecrín to the south, Alhama to the southwest and Loja to the west.
Municipalities The comarca contains the following 41 municipalities: +ArmsMunicipalityArea (km2)Population (2024)Estimate at 1 January 2024: National Statistics Institute (Spain)Density (/km2)Albolote78.619,587249.2Alfacar16.75,784346.3Alhendín50.810,399204.7Armilla4.325,4055,908.1Atarfe47.320,455432.5Beas de Granada23.21,00943.5Cájar1.75,4923,230.6Calicasas11.265858.8Cenes de la Vega6.58,2961,276.3Chauchina21.25,781272.7Churriana de la Vega6.616,6932,529.2Cijuela17.93,714207.5Cogollos Vega49.82,08441.8Cúllar Vega4.47,8091,774.8Dílar79.32,31929.2Dúdar8.437344.4Fuente Vaqueros16.04,625289.1Las Gabias39.023,318597.9Gójar12.06,340528.3Granada88.0232,7172,644.5Güéjar Sierra239.02,92612.2Güevéjar9.82,660271.4Huétor Santillán93.31,93820.8Huétor Vega4.212,2942,899.5Jun3.74,1451,120.3Láchar13.13,826292.1Maracena4.922,3104,553.1Monachil88.98,60896.8Nívar11.21,06995.4Ogíjares6.915,0632,183.0Peligros10.111,6741,155.8Pinos Genil14.01,638117.0Pinos Puente92.99.708104.5Pulianas6.35,628893.3Quéntar66.594314.2Santa Fe38.215,269399.7Valderrubio5.52,077377.6Vegas del Genil14.212,325868.0Villa de Otura24.37,606313.0Víznar13.099776.7La Zubia20.120,056997.8Total1363.0565,818415.1
Gallery
Notes
References
External links
Vega de Granada tourism Northeast of the Vega de Granada