Gelves is a city located in the

province of Seville The Province of Seville () is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It borders the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and Córdoba in the ...

, in

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Spain. According to the 2006

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

( INE), the city has a population of 8,325 inhabitants. It lies on the west bank of the

Guadalquivir The Guadalquivir (, also , , ) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable from Seville ...

river. The city of Gelves is not to be confused with Los Gelves, the Spanish name for the island of

Djerba Djerba (; , ; ), also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is a Tunisian island and the largest island of North Africa at , in the Gulf of Gabès, off the coast of Tunisia. Administratively, it is part of Medenine Governorate. The island h ...

off the coast of

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

, where the Spanish fought important battles in 1510 and 1520. Gelves is in the metropolitan agglomeration of the regional capital,

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, ...

, but is a separate municipality, bordering to the north with

San Juan de Aznalfarache San Juan de Aznalfarache is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census ( INE), the city has a population of 20,121 inhabitants. Despite being a separate municipality, San Juan is in the metropolitan area of S ...

, west with

Mairena del Aljarafe Mairena del Aljarafe () is a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain. In 2009, it had a population of 40,700 inhabitants. Its superficial extension is 17,7 km2 (6.83 sq. mi.) and has a population density of 2,470.23 inhabitants/km2 No ...

and southwest with

Palomares del Río Palomares del Río is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2021 census ( INE), the city has a population of 9,020 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Seville Province of Seville, Seville is a provin ...

, which are also in the conurbation. Gelves also borders the municipality of the city 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 ...

to the southwest. Across the river, Gelves faces the Sevillian district of

Los Remedios Los Remedios is a district of Seville, the regional capital of Andalusia, Spain. It is located on the Isla de La Cartuja, south of the district of Triana, between two forks of the Guadalquivir river. It is linked by bridge to the city centre ( ...

on the

Isla de La Cartuja ''Isla de la Cartuja'' (; ) is an island in the Guadalquivir River at Seville, Spain. The island's name derives from the cloistered monastery (Cartuja) located on the site, the '' Monasterio de Santa María de las Cuevas'', where Cristopher Co ...

References

External links

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- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía Municipalities of the Province of Seville {{Andalusia-geo-stub