Alacantí Explained

Alacantí
Native Name:Campo de Alicante
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Alicante (province)
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Alicante
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:coll
P1:Alicante, Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig, El Campello, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Mutxamel, Xixona/Jijona, Agost, Busot, Aigües, La Torre de les Maçanes
Area Total Km2:637.57
Population Total:487113
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Largest municipality
Blank Info Sec1:Alicante
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Alacantí (in Valencian and local Spanish)—also known in Spanish as Spanish; Castilian: '''Campo de Alicante'''[1] and Spanish; Castilian: '''Comarca de Alicante'''—is a comarca in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the comarques of Marina Baixa and Alcoià to the north, Baix Vinalopó to the south and Vinalopó Mitjà to the west.

Municipalities

The comarca of Alacantí comprises ten municipalities, listed below with their areas, populations and the average height above sea level:

NamePopulation (2019)[2] Area (km2)Elevation (AMSL)
Agostalign=right 4,758align=right 66.64align=right 376 m (1,234 ft)
Aigües (Aguas de Busot)align=right 963align=right 18.47align=right 341 m (1,119 ft)
Alicante (Alacant)align=right 334,887align=right 201.27align=right 3 m (10 ft)
Busotalign=right 2,978align=right 33.84align=right 326 m (1,070 ft)
El Campelloalign=right 28,349align=right 55.27align=right 26 m (85 ft)
Jijona/Xixonaalign=right 6,865align=right 163.76align=right 453 m (1,486 ft)
Mutxamel (Muchamel)align=right 25,352align=right 47.65align=right 63 m (207 ft)
San Vicente del Raspeig / Sant Vicent del Raspeigalign=right 58,385align=right 40.55align=right 109 m (358 ft)
Sant Joan d'Alacant (San Juan de Alicante)align=right 23,915align=right 9.64align=right 40 m (130 ft)
Torremanzanas / La Torre de les Maçanesalign=right 661align=right 36.48align=right 788 m (2,585 ft)
Totalalign=right 487,113align=right 673.57align=right 252 m (828 ft)

Subcomarques

The Alacantí comarca is made up of two subcomarques: Horta d'Alacant (Spanish; Castilian: Huerta de Alicante|link=no) and Foia de Xixona (Spanish; Castilian: Hoya de Jijona|link=no).

Notes and References

  1. Book: López Gómez . Antonio . Rosselló Verger . Vicente M. . Geografía de la provincia de Alicante . 1978 . Excma. Diputación Provincial . Alicante . 9788450026375 . 202,531 . 10 February 2023.
  2. Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Madrid, 2019.