San Fernando, Cádiz

**San Fernando**
	San Fernando
Location
	; Location of San Fernando
	Coordinates :
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Andalusia
Province	Cádiz
Comarca	Bay of Cádiz
Mayor	Manuel María de Bernardo (PA)
Geography
Land Area	32 km²
Altitude	8 m AMSL
Population
Population	97500 (2008)
Density	2.923,25 hab./km² (2007)
General information
Native name	San Fernando (Spanish)
Spanish name	San Fernando
Postal code	11100
Website	http://www.aytosanfernando.org/

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San Fernando (Saint-Ferdinand in English) is a town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "La Isla" (The Island), however, the city is no longer an island, but a peninsula, as it has been connected to the mainland. The people from San Fernando are locally known as "Cañaíllas" or "Isleños".

[edit] History

In history, San Fernando played a paramount role when in 1810, owing to the French occupation led by Napoleon, it was (with Cádiz) the only part of Spain which did not surrender to the French occupation.

National Courts met in the Comedy Theatre (nowadays known as the Real Teatro de las Cortes) and started the preparation for the first liberal constitution of Spain, which was approved in the neighbouring city of Cádiz in 1812.

Flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla was born in San Fernando. Thanks