Sant Llorenç des Cardassar () is a small

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 ...

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bale ...

, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

History

The was built in the 17th century. Sant Llorenç des Cardassar was part of the municipality of

Manacor Manacor () is a town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the second largest town in Mallorca, after the capital of Palma. The municipality has tourist areas such as P ...

, until 1892. Sant Llorenç des Cardassar was the tragic scene of flash floods on the night of 9 October 2018, in which 13 people died. Some 400 troops of the Spanish Army, Civil Guard, firemen, local police and Civil Protection were mobilized to help trapped people and locate those missing. More than 200 people slept in shelters that were set up for those affected.

Geography

Sant Llorenç is east of

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorc ...

, the island's capital. The municipality, on the eastern coast of the island of Mallorca, adjoins the municipalities of Manacor,

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...

Artà Artà is one of the 53 independent municipalities on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca. The small town of the same name is the administrative seat of this municipality in the region (''Comarca'') of Llevant. Population In 2008 the munic ...

and Son Servera. Inland, the municipality contains the town centre of Sant Llorenç and the village of . On the coast, within the municipality, are

Sa Coma Sa Coma is a town on the east coast of the island of Majorca, Spain. It is close to the towns of Cala Millor and Cala Bona in the municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. To the south it merges with the small town of S'illot. A majority of ...

, the northern part of

s'Illot S'Illot is an uninhabited islet in the Balearic Islands, Spain, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the North coast of Mallorca. Toponymy ''S'Illot'' can be translated from catalan language, Catalan as ''the little island'', and must not be c ...

and the southern part of

Cala Millor Cala Millor is a town located on the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca. It consists of a small bay in the municipalities of Son Servera and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar. Overlooked by Mt. Na Penyal to the west. With over 5,000 inhabitants an ...

, which are all beachside tourist areas. The , a headland at the eastern end of the municipality, separates the beaches of Cala Millor and Sa Coma.

Demography

Transport

Roads

The , the main road from Palma, acts as a bypass around the southern and eastern sides of the town centre of Sant Llorenç, continuing north through Artà. The Ma-4030 road connects the town centre of Sant Llorenç with Son Servera, to the east. The Ma-4023 road is on an approximate north-south axis, parallel to the coast but about inland from the beach areas, connecting Son Servera with Porto Cristo.

Media

The

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series ''

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'' is filmed on the outskirts of the town.

Notable people

Margarita Fullana Margarita Fullana Riera (born 9 April 1972), also known as Marga Fullana, is a Spanish mountain biker. She won the Bronze Medal in Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country, Women's Cross-Country Mountain Biking at the 2000 ...

, a mountain biker who won a bronze medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney, was born in the municipality.

References

External links

Official site
(in Catalan)
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar toruist guide
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sant Llorenc Des Cardassar Municipalities in Mallorca Populated places in Mallorca