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	Fuengirola Sardines

Fuengirola is the most densely populated municipality on the Costa del Sol, with 50,000 people living in only 10km² - 5,000 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Analysis has revealed that five of the main municipalities in the province of Malaga have more than 1,000 inhabitants per square kilometre.

The population density of localities such as Benalmádena, Fuengirola, the city of Malaga and Torremolinos is greater than one inhabitant per square metre. The most extreme case is Fuengirola, according to the most recent census.

The increase in the population in Malaga province is not down to the new generation. An influx of immigrants and residential tourists has led to greater population density and an older population. Today, there is a much higher proportion of people over 65 than five years ago and the ethnic make up of the population has also changed.

Mijas is the only coastal municipality with more than 20,000 to have a moderate population density, with only 300 people per square kilometre. Estepona came second on the list of sparsely populated coastal municipalities, with 317 people per square kilometre.

The large towns of Ronda and Antequera, in the interior of the province, both have fewer than 70 people per square kilometre, according to the findings. However, these two municipalities also had the greatest proportion of elderly residents.

About 13 percent of the population of the province is more than past few years, in line with other societies in the industrialised world.

The only municipality to go against this trend was Alhaurin de la Torre. Statistics show it has seen its population become younger in stark contrast to coastal municipalities such as Mijas, Velez and Marbella, all of which are greatly in demand as zones for residential tourism.