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| José Ballesta: "We continue to grow, as shown by the data of the last 20 years, going from 370,000 to about 460,000 inhabitants "| The municipality of Murcia confirms its expansionary trend by exceeding, for the first time, 460,000 inhabitants during 2020, despite the onset of the health crisis.
Specifically, the municipality registered 460,879 inhabitants last year, which represents an increase of 1,807 people compared to 2019, when 459,792 inhabitants were counted, following the data from the Municipal Register of Inhabitants. Likewise, it should be noted that this past 2020 a total of 18,825 registrations were registered in the register.
These new Murcians have starred today in a virtual meeting with the mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, who has welcomed them to the city. “We continue to grow, as shown by the data of the last 20 years, going from 370,000 to about 460,000 inhabitants, consolidating ourselves as the seventh city in Spain.
Murcia is a young, dynamic municipality with a great future for all the children who were born here.
It is a dynamic city in continuous expansion, a city in Spain that fills up ”, highlighted José Ballesta during the event. The stories of the 'new Murcians' Specifically, the virtual meeting involved 'new Murcians' who respond to different demographic profiles and whose life stories are linked by Murcia, which have been: -Héctor Hurtado, who last year registered his daughter Helena. -Jeff Delava, self-employed, owner of a real estate agency and of Belgian origin, registered in Corvera. -Karyn Robina Glen, a 22-year-old Scottish girl registered in Murcia.
He works at Fluency. -Verónica Párraga Ballester, 31, who was registered in Nonduermas and changed her register to Barrio del Carmen, a Primary teacher. -Carolina Soto, who registered her son Jaime. “We are poles of attraction for the population, but also for the provision of services, since we concentrate both local, regional and state services (hospitals, universities, administrative centers ...), forming large metropolitan areas that cause financing problems in terms of the provision of these services, since we serve a much larger population than actually lives in the city, ”added José Ballesta. The number of casualties decreased in 2020 It should be noted that the number of cancellations registered in 2020 decreased compared to 2019, accounting for 17,734 total withdrawals compared to 18,433 the previous year.
Of the total, 3,549 correspond to deaths; 9,462 to casualties made by people who came from other municipalities; 479 to those carried out by foreign inhabitants and 4,244 respond to other reasons - removals due to improper inclusion, etc.
-. It should be noted that the casualties of foreign inhabitants decreased notably in 2020 (479) compared to 2019, when 813 were registered. Almost 19,000 new registrations Last year 18,825 new registrations were recorded, of which 4,052 correspond to births; 8,467 people who registered in Murcia from other municipalities; 4,161 to new registrations of foreigners; and 2,145 correspond to other reasons, such as foreigners who already lived in Murcia and renewed their registry, etc. Deaths Due to the health crisis, the number of deaths has registered a significant increase in deaths –269 more deaths compared to the previous year, registering a total of 3,549 deaths in 2020–.
It should be noted that the increase in deaths in 2019 (3,285) compared to 2018 (3,279) was only 6 people. Changes of address Likewise, in 2020 it was reduced, there were 20,528 changes of addresses -in 2019 there were 23,658-.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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