Seville (; , ) is the capital and largest city of the
autonomous community of
Andalusia and the
province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River
Guadalquivir. The inhabitants of the city are known as
sevillanos (feminine form:
sevillanas) or
hispalenses, after the
Roman name of the city,
Hispalis. Seville has a municipal population of about 703,000 as of 2011, and a
metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the
fourth-largest city in Spain and the
30th most populous municipality in the
European Union. Its
Old Town, the third largest in
Europe with an area of , contains three
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the
Alcázar palace complex, the
Cathedral and the
General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the
Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. Seville is also the hottest major metropolitan area in
Europe, with summer average high temperatures of above 35 °C.