Marina Alta Explained

Marina Alta
Native Name Lang:ca
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Name1:Valencia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Alicante
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Dénia
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:coll
P1:Alcalalí, L'Atzúbia, Beniarbeig, Benidoleig, Benigembla, Benimeli, Benissa, Benitachell/El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Calp, Castell de Castells, Dénia, Gata de Gorgos, Xaló, Llíber, Murla, Ondara, Orba, Parcent, Pedreguer, Pego, Els Poblets, El Ràfol d'Almúnia, Sagra, Sanet y Negrals, Senija, Teulada, Tormos, La Vall d'Alcalà, La Vall d'Ebo, La Vall de Gallinera, La Vall de Laguar, El Verger, Xàbia
Area Total Km2:758.02
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:175156
Population As Of:2019
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym: 
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Marina Alta (maˈɾina ˈalta/, "Upper Marina") is a central and coastal comarca of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The comarca is located in the area of Alicante and its capital and largest settlement is the city of Dénia.

Marina Alta borders the comarca of Safor to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east, the comarca of Marina Baixa to the south and Comtat to the west.

Marina Alta and Marina Baixa are commonly referred to as les Marines.

Coastal towns such as Calp, Denia and Xabia rely heavily on tourism, while inland towns are more dependent on agriculture and other general commerce.

Municipalities

The comarca of la Marina Alta comprises 33 municipalities, of which the most northeasterly two - Dénia and adjacent Xàbia (Jávea) - form the largest urban area. These are listed below with their areas and populations:

NameArea
in km2		Population
(2001)[2] 		Population
(2011)[3] 		Population
(2019)[4]
Alcalalíalign=right 14.4align=right 902align=right 1,334align=right 1,278
L'Atzúbia (Adsubia)align=right 14.7align=right 550align=right 677align=right 632
Beniarbeigalign=right 7.4align=right 1,315align=right 1,881align=right 2,092
Benidoleigalign=right 7.5align=right 890align=right 1,187align=right 1,095
Benigemblaalign=right 18.4align=right 488align=right 519align=right 490
Benimelialign=right 3.5align=right 334align=right 411align=right 418
Benissaalign=right 69.7align=right 9,821align=right 11,613align=right 11,005
Benitachell / El Poble Nou de Benitatxellalign=right 12.7align=right 2,385align=right 4,540align=right 4,276
Calpalign=right 23.5align=right 18,881align=right 23,241align=right 22,725
Castell de Castellsalign=right 45.9align=right 471align=right 446align=right 449
Déniaalign=right 66.2align=right 33,342align=right 42,743align=right 42,166
Gata de Gorgosalign=right 20.3align=right 5,129align=right 6,129align=right 6,049
Xaló (Jalón)align=right 34.6align=right 2,025align=right 2,875align=right 2,739
Llíberalign=right 21.9align=right 671align=right 927align=right 935
Murlaalign=right 5.8align=right 391align=right 554align=right 470
Ondaraalign=right 10.4align=right 5,511align=right 6,568align=right 6,894
Orbaalign=right 17.7align=right 1,693align=right 2,272align=right 2,174
Parcentalign=right 11.8align=right 798align=right 1,034align=right 929
Pedregueralign=right 29.6align=right 5,945align=right 7,434align=right 7,699
Pegoalign=right 52.9align=right 10,060align=right 10,418align=right 10,128
Els Pobletsalign=right 3.6align=right 1,822align=right 3,029align=right 2,705
El Ràfol d'Almúniaalign=right 4.9align=right 536align=right 704align=right 653
Sagraalign=right 5.6align=right 401align=right 439align=right 408
Sanet y Negrals / Sanet i els Negralsalign=right 3.9align=right 595align=right 660align=right 667
Senijaalign=right 4.8align=right 513align=right 601align=right 584
Teuladaalign=right 32.2align=right 8,453align=right 12,094align=right 11,112
Tormosalign=right 5.3align=right 299align=right 356align=right 340
La Vall d'Alcalàalign=right 24.2align=right 166align=right 180align=right 167
La Vall d'Eboalign=right 32.4align=right 318align=right 278align=right 216
La Vall de Gallineraalign=right 53.6align=right 624align=right 657align=right 571
La Vall de Laguaralign=right 23.1align=right 870align=right 934align=right 846
El Verger (Vergel)align=right 8.2align=right 3,744align=right 4,856align=right 4,640
Xàbia (Jávea)align=right 68.6align=right 18,753align=right 28,936align=right 27,604
Totalsalign=right 759.3align=right 138,696align=right 180,527align=right 175,156

References

38.7731°N 0.0836°W

Notes and References

  1. Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  2. Census of 1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  3. Census of 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  4. Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.

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