Bellavista is a neighbourhood in the Bellavista-La Palmera district in the south of the city of
Seville
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,
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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. It lies on the east bank of the
Guadaira river, a tributary of the
Guadalquivir
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. Bellavista once belonged to the town of
Dos Hermanas
Dos Hermanas (, "two sisters") is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is part of the Seville metropolitan area, lying south of the city of Seville. With a population of 140,430 as of 2024, it is the second ...
, but was sold to the city of
Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...
. Bellavista, which means beautiful view in Spanish, is thus the southernmost neighbourhood in Seville, and quite separated from the rest of the city.
Bellavista was once called ''Barrio de la Salud'', before belonging to Seville proper. It has between 15,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, thus making it a sizeable neighbourhood by population. Although there are many housing complexes dating from recent decades, they are built around a historical core.
The neighbourhood is almost entirely a commuter community, and it was only in the spring of 2007 that Seville's TUSSAM municipal bus routes incorporated stops in Bellavista into the city's bus routes. The N-IV road leads north from Bellavista into Seville as the ''Avenida de Jerez'', and south to Dos Hermanas as the ''Avenida de Bellavista''.
Bellavista is the birthplace of
Felipe González
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, the first socialist
Prime Minister
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after the
restoration of democracy in Spain.
Neighbourhoods of Seville
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