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Welcome to
Deià -- Today is:
Welcome message
from the Mayor
I am pleased to welcome all of the visitors to this official
website of the Town Hall of Deià. On these pages
you will find all the necessary information to live, get to know
and enjoy all of which our municipality has to offer.
We want this website to be open to
all, and thus it is meant to be both for those who live
in Deià and for those who visit it: we aim to serve
our citizens, as well as to give a warm welcome to all visitors.
Therefore, we have put all of our efforts in providing the most
useful information, as well as any help the Town Hall can provide.
I welcome you from the heart to this website
which is now yours.
The Mayor
Sr. Jaume Crespí Deyà
Deià: a small municipality,
a great town
Located in the northwestern side of the Sierra of Tramuntana,
the municipality of Deià is the fifth smallest
town council of Mallorca, with a surface of 15.11 km2.
It has a population of 840 inhabitants (2007), with a density
below the average of most municipalities on the island. It has
an average temperature of 17° C, is rainy in winter and is
frequently under the influence of the winds coming from mestral,
tramuntana y gregal (NW, N, NE).
Although small, Deià is one of the best
known municipalities of Mallorca outside our borders. It has been
visited by such illustrious people as the Archduke Luís
Salvador de Austria, author of "Die Balearen",
who acquired most of the large properties (possessions)
which still remain. Other illustrious guests of Deià were
the writer Robert Graves, who spent his last
years in the town and now rests in the churchyard, writers Laura
Riding and Julio Cortázar, musicians
Mike Oldfield and Kevin Ayers,
artists Paul Hogarth and Matti Klarwein
and businessman Richard Branson, who refurbished
the possessions of Son Moragues and Son Canal to create
the well-knwon hotel La Residencia.
A winding road leads to Deià
from Palma, skirting the coast after crossing Valldemossa.
The same road that leads to Deià follows up to Llucalcari
and Sòller. It is possible to get to Deià easily
by car, motorbike or bus.
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