Lorca
Spain
Lorca: facts
At a glance
- Country: Spain
- Region: Murcia
- Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
- Population: approximately 93,079
- Coordinates: 37.6712° N, 1.7017° W
- Time zone: Europe/Madrid (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Distance to the capital, Madrid: 351 km (218 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Region of Murcia International Airport (RMU): 53 km (33 mi), straight line
- Almería Airport (LEI): 109 km (68 mi), straight line
- Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC): 121 km (75 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Zuniga: 14 km (9 mi)
- Viquejos: 20 km (13 mi)
- Totana: 21 km (13 mi)
- Aguilas: 31 km (19 mi)
- Alhama de Murcia: 31 km (20 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Murcia, 61 km (38 mi)
Coming up in Lorca
- 21 Nov 2026: Christmas lights switch-on
- 29 Nov 2026: Christmas at Sant Jaume
- 6 Dec 2026: Constitution Day
- 8 Dec 2026: Immaculate Conception
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 26 Dec 2026: St Stephen's Day
- 27 Dec 2026: Feast of the Holy Family
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