Sant Joan d'Alacant

Municipality of Sant Joan d'Alacant
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Valencia
Province :	Alicante
Comarca :	Campo de Alicante
Coordinates	38 ° 24 ′  N , 0 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 24 ′  N , 0 ° 26 ′  W
Height :	40  msnm
Area :	9.64 km²
Residents :	23,915 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2,480.81 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	03550
Municipality number  ( INE ):	03119
administration
Mayor :	Jaime Albero Gabriel ( PSOE )
Website :	www.santjoandalacant.es

Sant Joan d'Alacant (Spanish: San Juan de Alicante) is a south-east Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 23,915 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community .

geography

Sant Joan d'Alacant is located near the Costa Blanca in southeastern Spain. The center of Sant Joan d'Alacant is about 8 km northeast of Alicante and about 35 km northeast of Elche .

In the northwest, the municipality borders on Mutxamel , in the north on El Campello and in the southwest on Alicante. The city is located in the Alicante-Elche metropolitan area .

Population development

year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	1996	2001	2006	2008
Residents	3,326	3,264	2,685	2,907	3,434	3,912	5,062	7.162	10,522	14,369	16.008	17,017	20,430	21,681

education

Miguel Hernández University campus

The Miguel Hernández Elche University Health Sciences Campus is located in the community .

Attractions

• San Juan Bautista Church
• Several fortified towers from the 16th century

Web links

Commons : Sant Joan d'Alacant  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Sant Joan d'Alacant (Spanish, Valencian)

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 Sant Joan d'Alacant