Sant Joan d'Alacant

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Sant Joan d'Alacant

Total population

23,434

Coordinates38.40°, -0.44°

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

Overview

Sant Joan d'Alacant, or simply Sant Joan, is a municipality belonging to Alicante metropolitan area, in the southeast of Valencian Community, Spain. It is the geographic center of the Old Garden of Alicante. Its limits are with the settled areas of Alicante (7 km), Mutxamel (1 km) and El Campello (3 km). It is within the Alicante metropolitan area and shares the same fire department and metro services. Its population growth is due to its function as a bedroom community, as well as in recent years, its isolation from tourist areas, its cultural and academic activities, and because has part of the campus of the University Miguel Hernández of Elx/Elche. It comprises two zones: the town of Sant Joan and Benimagrell, which is now joined through its urban expansion.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Francisco Javier Carratalá

Spanish journalist and politician

Germán Bernácer Tormo

Spanish economist (1883-1965)

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José Abad Gosálbez

Spanish politician (1915-1976)

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José Luis Lassaletta Cano

Spanish politician

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José Rojas Moreno

Spanish diplomat

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José Vicente Lledó

Spanish football player/manager

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José Luis Vegar

Spanish footballer

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José de Rojas Galiano

Spanish politician (1850-1908)

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José Ángel Pérez Cebrián

Spanish association football player

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Manuel Iborra

Spanish film director, screenwriter

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María Jurado

Spanish actress

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Miguel Antonio Campoy

Spanish politician and lawyer

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Nicolás de Jesús Belando

Spanish historian

Óscar Tordera Iñesta

Spanish composer

Rafael Terol Maluenda

Spanish politician

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Ramón Campos Doménech

Spanish politician (1818-1889)

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

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• Sant Vicent del Raspeig
  4.8 mi away · pop. 54,718
• Alicante
  4.9 mi away · pop. 351,893
• el Rebolledo
  10.3 mi away · pop. 1,099
• Torrellano
  11.1 mi away · pop. 6,773
• Tibi
  11.8 mi away · pop. 934
• Relleu
  14.5 mi away · pop. 706
• Monforte del Cid
  15.9 mi away · pop. 6,584
• Finestrat
  16.7 mi away · pop. 2,658
• Sella
  16.8 mi away · pop. 507
• la Baia
  16.9 mi away · pop. 1,741
• Benifallim
  18.2 mi away · pop. 119
• Castalla
  18.5 mi away · pop. 9,447

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

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-24

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-24

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Seen 2026-09-22

Mediterranean Moray

Muraena helena

Seen 2026-09-22

rock samphire

Crithmum maritimum

Seen 2026-09-22

Green Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

Seen 2026-09-20

Red-mouthed Dog Winkle

Stramonita haemastoma

Seen 2026-09-20

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

Official Identifiers