Bienvenida, Badajoz

Coordinates: 38°17′57″N 6°12′33″W / 38.29917°N 6.20917°W / 38.29917; -6.20917
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Bienvenida
Our Lady of Angels Church
Our Lady of Angels Church
Official seal of Bienvenida
Bienvenida is located in Extremadura
Bienvenida
Bienvenida
Location of Bienvenida within Extremadura
Bienvenida is located in Spain
Bienvenida
Bienvenida
Location of Bienvenida within Spain
Coordinates: 38°17′57″N 6°12′33″W / 38.29917°N 6.20917°W / 38.29917; -6.20917
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
ProvinceBadajoz
ComarcaTentudía
Government
 • AlcaldeAntoñito el Fontanero (Ind.)
Area
 • Total92.2 km2 (35.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,128
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bienvenida is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 2,343 (2007) and an area of 92.2 km².

It is the Spanish town that is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.

This was also the town where, until his death in 2018, the oldest man in Spain and the World lived. His name was Francisco Núñez Olivera and lived 113 years (1904-2018).[2]

It is the birthplace of CE Sabadell football player David Astals.

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ CÁCERES, REDACCIÓN // (2018-01-30). "Fallece Marchena, el abuelo extremeño más viejo del mundo". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-05.