Alacantí

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Alacantí
Campo de Alicante
Comarca
Mapa del Campo de Alicante.svg
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceAlicante (province)
CapitalAlicante
Municipalities
List
Area
 • Total637.57 km2 (246.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total487,113
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityAlicante

Alacantí (in Valencian and local Spanish)[a][b]—also known in Spanish as Campo de Alicante[b] and Comarca de Alicante[b]—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:

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

Subcomarques[]

The Alacantí comarca is made up of two subcomarques: Horta d'Alacant (Spanish: Huerta de Alicante) and Foia de Xixona (Spanish: Hoya de Jijona).

Notes[]

  1. ^ Valencian: [alakanˈti]
  2. ^ a b c Spanish: [alakanˈti] (locally), [ˈkampo ðe aliˈkante] and [koˈmaɾka ðe aliˈkante]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Madrid, 2019.
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