Year ends with further drop in population

La Gomera's population has decreased further in 2014. Latest figures show the total of inhabitants at 20.721, down 2.355 since 2011. All five municipalities across the island have suffered losses and the population now is spread as follows:

San Sebastian:  8.668

Valle Gran Rey: 4.181

Vallehermoso:  2.913

Alajero:           1.954

Hermigua:       1.919

Agulo:             1.086

La Gomera's population decreases

In 2012 La Gomera had a population of 22.350 and this went down to 21.153 over the past year, leaving the island with 5.36 % less residents. The latest figures by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) reveal that more than half the decrease of the total number took place in the municipal area of Valle Gran Rey with 620 residents less than at the end of 2012 leaving a total of only 4.240 people living there. The second highest loss of 356 was in the island's capital San Sebastian de La Gomera which now has 8.699 residents. In the remaining four municipal areas of Vallehermoso, Hermigua, Agulo and Alajero (which includes Playa de Santiago) the population loss was less marked, but none had an increase.

Valle Gran Rey had an alarming loss of population of -12,8 % in 2013