L'Alfàs del Pi

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L'Alfàs del Pi municipality
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L'Alfàs del Pi (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Valencia
Province : Alicante
Comarca : Marina Baixa / Marina Baja
Coordinates 38 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 6 ′  W
Height : 88  msnm
Area : 19.3 km²
Residents : 20,482 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 1,061.24 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 03580, 03581
Municipality number  ( INE ): 03011
Nearest airport : Alicante
administration
Official language : Castilian , Valencian
Mayor : Vicente Arqués Cortés ( PSOE ) (2009)
Website : www.lalfas.com
Location of the municipality
L'Alfàs del Pi in the Valencia regionL'Alfàs del Pi in the comarca of Marina Baixa
L'Alfàs del Pi

L'Alfàs del Pi ( Spanish Alfaz del Pi ) is a coastal city in the Alicante province of the Valencian Autonomous Community in Spain . It belongs to the Marina Baixa district .

L'Alfàs del Pi had an area of ​​19.3 km² on January 1, 2019, according to the Spanish residents' authority, 20,482 inhabitants. The city on the Mediterranean thrives on tourism on the Costa Blanca , the development of which began here in the 1970s. L'Alfàs del Pi has 930 houses and 4,000 others in the surrounding housing estates. The proportion of foreigners, predominantly Scandinavians, Dutch and British, is almost 50%. L'Alfàs del Pi is considered the stronghold of the Norwegians in Spain.

history

L'Alfàs del Pi was founded in 1786 as a fortress to ward off North African pirates ( Berbers ). In 1836 the community achieved its administrative independence. For more than 125 years, L'Alfàs del Pi was a rural community that lived on agricultural terraces and clay mining in the Sierra Helada. Until the tourist boom in Benidorm in the 1970s, there were repeated waves of emigration to South America and North Africa.

Culture

The catholic church Cristo del Buen Acierto , which was built in 1784 and on whose area the symbol of the city, a pine tree , grows, is worth seeing .

The city has held an annual film festival since 1997.

Web links

Commons : L'Alfàs del Pi  - 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).