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Where is the centre of Mallorca?


It has been a debate for many years – the place is Mallorca’s geographical centre? Costitx, Sant Joan, Sencelles, Sineu; circumstances have been made for every, however the sensible cash has lengthy been on Lloret de Vistalegre.

In Lloret’s Sa Comuna (Common), there’s a stone with an indication stating that this spot is the centre of Mallorca. It was put there eleven years in the past. There are different indicators to direct guests to Mallorca’s centre.

Stone marking Mallorca's geographical centre
The stone in Sa Comuna. Photo: Fernando Fernández.

Of better classic is the Pou de Llorac, a public effectively within the Sa Comuna forest. This bears a Latin inscription: ‘Pou de Llorac Hic Maioricae Medium’. The effectively is at Mallorca’s centre.

Lloret’s declare has typically been accepted, and reviews from Spain’s National Centre for Geographic Information and the University of the Balearic Islands geography division would seem to have settled the controversy past doubt.

The precise coordinates of Mallorca’s geographical centre have been established: X 496.394-Y 4385.084. And these conform with Sa Comuna’s stone.

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