Puente Mayorga is a coastal village and district of the municipality of
San Roque of the
Province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of ...
, Andalucia, Spain. Although it belongs administratively to San Roque, it is three kilometres south of the centre and is located on the
Bay of Gibraltar, to the northwest of
Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...
, and is effectively a northwestern suburb of
La Línea de la Concepción
La Línea de la Concepción (), often referred to simply as La Línea, is a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
The city lies on the sandy isthmus which is part of the eastern flank of ...
. As of 2011 it had 2245 inhabitants. Of note is the Parish Church of San Hiscio and the
Torre del Rocadillo, a historic tower situated about a 1-mile to the west.
This neighborhood is named after the bridge over the
Arroyo de Cachón, a tributary of the
Guadarranque which separates this village from a large industrial park across the river. Puente Mayorga lies along
CA-34. The highway
CA-2321 links with Guadarranque. A regular bus runs between Puente Mayorga and the towns of San Roque and La Línea de la Concepción.
References
Populated places in the Province of Cádiz
San Roque, Cádiz
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