Campos del Río

Campos del Río is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain.It covers an area of 47.3 km2[2] and shares borders with Ojós at its north, Villanueva del Río Segura and Alguazas at its north-east, Las Torres de Cotillas at its east, Murcia at its south-east, Mula and Albudeite at its south and west and Ricote at its north-west.[3]

Campos del Río
Municipality
Coat of arms
Campos del Río
Location in Murcia
Campos del Río
Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country Spain
Autonomous community Murcia
Province Murcia
ComarcaRío Mulal
Government
 • MayorMiguel Buendía
Area
 • Total47.29 km2 (18.26 sq mi)
Elevation
172 m (564 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,045
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website

Demography

6.26% of the inhabitants are foreigners – 3.79% are Africans, 1.38% are Americans and 0.936% are Asians.[4]The table below shows the population trend by decades of the 20th and 21st centuries.[5]

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 1,517 1,690 1,743 1,942 1,971 2,274 2,222 2,021 2,046 1,949 2,046 2,201

Economy

27.7% of the territory was used for crop purposes in 2019,[6]the most widely grown products are the almonds,[7] and 44.46% of the agreements were signed by workers of the agriculture sector.[8]

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. https://econet.carm.es/web/crem/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_CamposDelRioCifras/P8001/sec2.html
  3. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Figura-1-Mapa-de-municipios-de-la-Region-de-Murcia_fig1_26442489
  4. "CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 5. Evolución de la población según nacionalidad". Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish).
  5. "CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 1. Censos de Población. Evolución de la población según sexo". Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish).
  6. "CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río". Portal Economómico de la Región de Murcia - CREM (in Spanish).
  7. {{Cite web|title=CREM - Datos Municipales Campos del Río - 3. Evolución de la superficie dedicada a cada grupo de cultivo.|url=https://econet.carm.es/web/crem/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_CamposDelRioCifras/P8004/sec4.html%7Cwebsite=Portal Económico de la Región de Murcia - CREM
  8. (in Spanish) https://www.sefcarm.es/web/Blob?ARCHIVO=Campos_del_Rio.pdf&TABLA=ARCHIVOS&CAMPOCLAVE=IDARCHIVO&VALORCLAVE=65467&CAMPOIMAGEN=ARCHIVO&IDTIPO=60&RASTRO=c$m5082,5147,6887,26500. Missing or empty |title= (help)



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