Campiña de Jerez

Campiña de Jerez (the Jerez countryside) is one of the six comarcas (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain.

Campiña de Jerez
Comarca
Campiña de Jerez
Location of Campiña de Jerez in Andalusia, Spain
Location of Campiña de Jerez in the province of Cádiz
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Cádiz
Municipalities	List Jerez de la Frontera, San José del Valle
Area
• Total	1,412 km2 (545 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[notes 1]
• Total	217,717
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The present-day comarca was established in 2003 by the Government of Andalusia.^[1][2]

Municipalities

The Campiña de Jerez comarca consists of the municipalities of Jerez de la Frontera and San José del Valle.

Arms	Municipality	Area (km2)	Population (2023)[3][notes 2]	Density (/km2)
	Jerez de la Frontera	1,188.23	213,231	179.45
	San José del Valle	224.01	4,486	20.03
	Total	1,412.24	217,717	199.48

Economy

Together with the comarcas Bahía de Cádiz and Costa Noroeste, Campiña de Jerez form the Sherry Triangle, a region of sherry wine production. It is an important economic asset for the region, with a long tradition of British-Spanish winemaking families who export it to the United Kingdom and other european countries.^[4]

Gallery

• 
  View of countryside from Jerez de la Frontera
• 
  San José del Valle vista
• 
  Vineyards
• 
  Wind turbines

External links

• Asociación para el Desarrollo Rural de la Campiña de Jerez

Notes

1. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain).
2. Estimate at 1 January 2023: National Statistics Institute (Spain).