Alicante/Alacant

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Land use

Forest

31 km2

15%

Other nature

16 km2

Agriculture

117 km2

57%

Water

0 km2

Urban area

41 km2

20%

Tourist information | Alicante/Alacant

Municipality information

Name:	Alicante/Alacant
27 Places in mun.:	1 Alcoraya, 2 Alicante, 3 Barrio Benalúa, 4 Barrio Ciudad Jardín, 5 Barrio Vista Harmosa, 6 Benalúa, 7 Benimagrell, 8 Cañada, 9 Caserío Alcoraya, 10 Caserío Benimagrell, 11 Caserío Cañada, 12 Caserío Condomina, 13 Caserío Font-Calent, 14 Caserío Rebolledo, 15 Caserío Tángel, 16 Caserío Verdegás, 17 Ciudad Jardín, 18 Condomina, 19 Ermita y Casas de la Alcoraya, 20 Font-Calent, 21 La Condomina, 22 Rebolledo, 23 Santa Faz, 24 Tángel, 25 Verdegás, 26 Villafranqueza, 27 Vista Hermosa de la Cruz
Area:	201.7 km² = 77.9 sq mi
Population:	331750 inhabitants
Density:	1645 persons/km²
Costa:	Costa Blanca
Island:	Partly Tabarca
Province:	Alicante
Region:	Valencia

12 Neighbouring municipalities

Nr	Direction	Name
1	North	Tibi
2	North	San Vicente del Raspeig/Sant Vicent del Raspeig
3	North	Mutxamel
4	North	Jijona/Xixona
5	North-East	Relleu
6	North-East	Aigües
7	North-East	Sant Joan d'Alacant
8	North-East	El Campello
9	North-East	Busot
10	South-West	Elche/Elx
11	West	Monforte del Cid
12	North-West	Agost

Tourist attractions

Castle:

1	Torre Ansaldo
2	Castillo de Santa Bárbara
3	Torre de la Santa Faz
4	Castillo de San Fernando
5	Castillo de San Fernando
6	Torre de la Santa Faz
7	Castillo de Santa Barbara

Museum:

1	Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Alicante
2	Museo de arte contemporáneo
3	Museo Nova Tabarca
4	Museo Universidad de Alicante

Accomodation

	Type	Link
	Hotel	Hotels Alicante/Alacant this website
	Hotel Booking	booking.com
	Nearest Parador	parador de jávea in Jávea/Xàbia (76 km)
	Camping	No campsites present in municipality
	Holiday home
	Airbnb	Airbnb in Alicante/Alacant
	Property	Fotocasa Alicante/Alacant

Sport and Culinary - Gastronomy

	Wine:	Alicante DO
	Golf:	1) Alicante golf 2) Club de golf el plantio

Landscape of area

Classified as:

Nice landscape

Mean height:

140 meter

Lowest point:

-2 meter

Highest point:

1171 meter

Plain-Flat:	146 km² (71%)
Hills:	50 km² (24%)
Mountains:	10 km² (5%)

At coast:

Yes

River-Catchment:

Jucar

Rivers

1	Barranco de las Ovejas
2	Barranco de Puia
3	Rambla de la Zarza
4	Rambla de las Orejas
5	Rambla de Pepior

Topographic relief (points of interest):

nr	type	topographic name
1	Hill	Sierra de Fontcalent
2	Hill	Sierra Mediana
3	Ridges	Sierra de Borbuño
4	Ridges	Sierra de las Águilas
5	Ridges	Sierra de Los Tajos

Distance to big spanish city

City	Distance (km)
Madrid	362
Barcelona	408
Seville	488
La Coruna	867
Almeria	232

Transport

Roads:	A-7 (17 km), A-36 (10.7 km), N-330 (9 km), N-332 (7.9 km), N-340 (7.7 km).
Railway (train) present:	Yes
Airport present:	No
Weir (Reservoir) present:	No

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Location (center)

Longitude (WGS84) for GPS:	-0.5147
Latitude (WGS84) for GPS:	38.3507
UTM30-x-coordinate:	716854
UTM30-y-coordinate:	4247938

7 smaller towns and villages in this municipality:

Nr	Name	Location within mun.
1	Bacarot	South
2	Caserío Bacarot	South
3	Caserío Moralet	North-West
4	Caserío Vallonga	South-West
5	Ermita del Moralet	North-West
6	Moralet	North-West
7	Vallonga	South-West

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