Elx / Elche

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Elx / Elche

Total population

198,295

Air quality index

45Good

Coordinates38.27°, -0.70°

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

Overview

Elche or Elx is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. With of 242,317 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the 3rd-most populated municipality in the region. It is part of the comarca of Baix Vinalopó.

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

Juanfran Torres

Spanish association football player (born 1985)

Cristian López

Spanish footballer

Francisco Mas Aznar

Spanish soldier

Santos González

Spanish cyclist

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Domingo Ramón

Spanish steeplechase runner

M

Muhammad al-Shafra

Spanish physician and surgeon

C

Carlos Quesada

Spanish footballer

M

Manolo Galván

Spanish singer and songwriter

V

Víctor Gomis

Spanish footballer

Jaume el Barbut

Francisco Mas y Magro

Spanish physician (1879-1958)

Aitana Mas

Valencian politician

V

Vicente Sol Sánchez

Spanish politician (1890-1953)

M

Manuel Carlos Quesada

Spanish association football player

R

Ramón Asensio Mas

Spanish journalist

T

Telmo Vela de Lafuente

Spanish composer (1889-1979)

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

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• la Baia
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,741
• Monforte del Cid
  8 mi away · pop. 6,584
• la Marina
  8.7 mi away · pop. 1,452
• el Fondó de les Neus / Hondón de las Nieves
  8.8 mi away · pop. 1,239
• Catral
  9.1 mi away · pop. 7,670
• Santa Pola
  9.3 mi away · pop. 26,765
• Dolores
  9.5 mi away · pop. 6,898
• San Isidro
  10 mi away · pop. 2,320
• Daya Nueva
  11 mi away · pop. 1,655
• Albatera
  11 mi away · pop. 12,317
• Daya Vieja
  11.3 mi away · pop. 551
• Agost
  12.3 mi away · pop. 4,138

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

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Seen 2026-06-27

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Seen 2026-06-27

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Seen 2026-06-25

Western Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Seen 2026-06-25

European Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia turtur

Seen 2026-06-25

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Seen 2026-06-25

Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

Seen 2026-06-25

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Seen 2026-06-25

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Elx / Elche, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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