Bienvenida is a Spanish

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the province of

Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...

Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

. 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 The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

. 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 Spanish supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Spain who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 45 Spanish supercentenarians, including 42 res ...

and lived 113 years (1904–2018). It is the birthplace of

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza (town), Ibiza, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it pla ...

football player David Astals.

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Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub

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