Official Name: | Bunyola |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Majorca#Spain Balearic Islands#Spain |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the town in Majorca |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Name1: | Balearic Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Balearic Islands |
Subdivision Type3: | Island |
Subdivision Name3: | Majorca |
Subdivision Type4: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name4: | Serra de Tramuntana |
Leader Title: | Mayor (2015-) |
Leader Name: | Andreu Bujosa Bestard |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 84.7 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 39.6967°N 2.6997°W |
Elevation M: | 240 |
Elevation Ft: | 787.5 |
Postal Code: | 07110 |
Website: | http://www.ajbunyola.net/ |
Bunyola (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /buˈɲɔ.lə/) is a municipality of the island of Mallorca, Spain, located in the spurs of the Serra de Tramuntana, at a distance of 9miles from Palma. The municipality has an area of 32.67sqmi and a population of 6,636 inhabitants,INE Instituto Nacional Estadística and the Ferrocarril de Sóller passes through it on the way to Palma. (INE 2018).
The municipality of Bunyola is located in the Comarca of Serra de Tramuntana, the Tramuntana Range was awarded World Heritage Status by UNESCO as an area of great physical and cultural significance. Bunyola borders with other municipalities of Palma de Mallorca, Marratxí, Santa Maria del Camí, Alaró, Escorca, Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa. Palmayola, Sa Font Seca y Orient are located within the municipality boundaries.
Celebration day of the patron saint, San Mateo, is on the 21st of September.
The Raixa Estate is located in Bunyola. It is a large Italian style villa surrounded by Pietro Lazzarini-designed gardens, and was used as the filming location for the 1982 film, Evil under the Sun.[1] Once owned by the German designer Jil Sander, it was subsequently purchased by the Island Council of Majorca.[2] It reopened to visitors in late 2018.[3]