1001 Smart Cities
Palma
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Palma

Country
Spain
Population
400K
Projects
1
First project
2021
Best evidence
Official
Last verified
2 August 2026

🤖 AI-generated city profile, summarising the source-checked entries below — how this works

Mallorca's capital piloted a pandemic-era beach app that the island government later took over and scaled up — a rare case of a city prototype growing into a regional service instead of the usual pattern of platforms trickling down to cities.

The atlas documents 1 project in Palma: 1 still running without a verdict. The entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is official (1 entry) — and links its sources.

All 1 project in Palma

✔ Every published entry is checked against the public sources it cites before publication.

👥 Real-Time Beach Occupancy App (Platges de Mallorca) 🏛️ Official since 2021 · Live →

Outcome: 1 ongoing — Evidence: 1 official

Compare with other cities

🇧🇪 Brussels FixMyStreet Brussels Different reporting apps, same governance handoff: Palma's beach tool passed from the city to the regional Consell de Mallorca in 2021. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen Copenhagen Bathing Water Forecast & Overflow Warning System Both watch beach conditions for the public: Copenhagen models bathing-water safety forward, Palma's app just relays lifeguard counts.

Official strategy and sources

↗ Consell de Mallorca — the island council that runs the entry here, building on an earlier Ajuntament de Palma projectThe organization driving the city's smart-city work.
📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Palma, Spain.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/palma/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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