Alicante

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Alicante

Total population

351,893

Air quality index

49Good

Coordinates38.34°, -0.49°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Alicante or Alacant is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. With a population of 358,608 as of 2024, it is the 2nd-largest city in the Valencian Community and the 10th-largest in Spain.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

E

Etelvina Andreu

Spanish researcher and politician

I

Ignacio Haan

Spanish architect (1758-1810)

A

Adolfo Celdrán Mallol

Valencian singer-songwriter

Alejandra Quereda

Spanish gymnast

A

Alfonso Guixot Guixot

A

Alfredo Gómez Gil

Spanish poet and journalist

A

Ana del Rey

Spanish actor, singer, dancer and model

C

Chechu Moltó

Spanish actor

V

Vicente Torregrosa Manrique

Spanish comics artist

A

Antonio Campos Doménech

Spanish merchant

A

Antonio Fernández Benítez

Spanish association football player

A

Antonio Moreno Guerrero

Spanish poet

A

Antonio Vidal Caturla

Spanish association football player (1923-1999)

Asunción Valdés

Spanish journalist

Aurora Carbonell

Spanish actress

B

Blas Bernal

Spanish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• Agost
  10.4 mi away · pop. 4,138
• Busot
  10.5 mi away · pop. 635
• Santa Pola
  11.1 mi away · pop. 26,765
• la Baia
  12 mi away · pop. 1,741
• Aigües
  12.8 mi away · pop. 711
• Monforte del Cid
  13.3 mi away · pop. 6,584
• Tibi
  13.9 mi away · pop. 934
• la Marina
  16.1 mi away · pop. 1,452
• Elda
  19.1 mi away · pop. 53,753
• Relleu
  19.4 mi away · pop. 706
• el Fondó de les Neus / Hondón de las Nieves
  19.9 mi away · pop. 1,239
• Dolores
  20.8 mi away · pop. 6,898

Browse all places in Valencian Community →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-06-27

Regal Sea Goddess

Felimare picta

Seen 2026-06-27

Marbled Crab

Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Seen 2026-06-27

European Shag

Gulosus aristotelis

Seen 2026-06-27

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Seen 2026-06-26

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-06-25

Ronisia ghilianii

Ronisia ghilianii

Seen 2026-06-25

18-spot Ladybird

Myrrha octodecimguttata

Seen 2026-06-25

European Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia turtur

Seen 2026-06-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers