la Vila Joiosa

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la Vila Joiosa

Total population

22,128

Elevation32 m

Coordinates38.51°, -0.23°

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

Overview

Villajoyosa, in Spanish, or la Vila Joiosa, in Valencian, both meaning "The Joyful Town", is a coastal town and municipality in the south of the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the historic and administrative capital of Marina Baixa region, and is located in the province of Alicante (Alacant). The town is known locally simply as la Vila.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• Benidorm
  5.8 mi away · pop. 75,263
• Sella
  7.2 mi away · pop. 507
• Aigües
  7.3 mi away · pop. 711
• l'Alfàs del Pi
  8.4 mi away · pop. 5,468
• Polop
  9.5 mi away · pop. 3,840
• Busot
  10.3 mi away · pop. 635
• el Campello
  10.8 mi away · pop. 17,165
• Callosa d'en Sarrià
  11.3 mi away · pop. 7,061
• el Castell de Guadalest
  11.5 mi away · pop. 190
• Altea
  11.8 mi away · pop. 15,691
• Beniardà
  12 mi away · pop. 183
• Confrides
  12.2 mi away · pop. 122

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

Pseudodictamnus hirsutus

Pseudodictamnus hirsutus

Seen 2026-09-23

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Mola

Mola mola

Seen 2026-09-18

Striped Grayling

Hipparchia fidia

Seen 2026-09-17

Bunny Ears Cactus

Opuntia microdasys

Seen 2026-09-16

blue plumbago

Plumbago auriculata

Seen 2026-09-16

Barbary Grasshopper

Calliptamus barbarus

Seen 2026-09-16

Lapiedra martinezii

Lapiedra martinezii

Seen 2026-09-16

Cardinal Butterfly

Argynnis pandora

Seen 2026-09-16

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

Official Identifiers