Agost

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Agost municipality
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Agost (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Valencia
Province : Alicante
Comarca : Campo de Alicante
Coordinates 38 ° 26 ′  N , 0 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 26 ′  N , 0 ° 38 ′  W
Height : 376  msnm
Area : 66.64 km²
Residents : 4,758 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 71.4 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 03698
Municipality number  ( INE ): 03002
administration
Website : www.agost.es

Agost is a southeastern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 4758 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the province of Alicante of the Valencian Community .

location

Agost is located near the Costa Blanca in southeastern Spain. The center of Agost is about 18 kilometers northwest of Alicante and about 20 kilometers north of Elche . In the north the municipality borders on Castalla , in the east on Tibi and Alicante, in the west on Petrer and Monforte del Cid and in the south also on Alicante. The city is located in the Alicante-Elche metropolitan area .

Population development

year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1991 2001 2011
Residents 2,958 3,386 2,680 2,775 2.405 2,379 2,622 3,362 3,966 4.146 4,831

economy

Until the 1960s, most of the residents lived from the pottery and the agricultural sector. Today eleven potteries are still active in the community.

Attractions

  • Village church of Sant Pere Apòstol
  • Chapel Ermita de les Santes Justa i Rufina (built 1821)
  • Ruins of the old castles Castell d'Agost and Castell de la Murta
  • Ceramic Museum (Museu de Cantereria)

Web links

Commons : Agost  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ Map and detailed city map of Agost