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Second Night of Suspected Arson Attacks Hits Vehicles in Guardamar

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Police appeal for help locating a young person as the number of reported fires rises to 18 Guardamar del Segura has suffered a second consecutive...

Driver Held After Guardamar Campsite Van Attack

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A woman suffered a devastating leg injury after allegedly being deliberately run over during a heated argument at a campsite in Guardamar del Segura. The...

Torrevieja Friday Markets Moved to August for LOW Festival

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Torrevieja’s weekly markets scheduled for Friday, July 24, and Friday, July 31, have been moved to alternative dates in August because of the LOW...

EDITION 1137 OF THE COSTA BLANCA LEADER NEWSPAPER 20 – 26 JULY 2026

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The latest edition brings English-language news, sport and events from across the southern Costa Blanca and Mar Menor. More than 50 years after its last...

Torrevieja Police Step Up Traffic Checks in Road-Safety Crackdown

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Torrevieja Local Police have intensified preventive traffic checks across the municipality, detecting several alleged offences involving alcohol, drugs and invalid driving licences. Officers established checkpoints...
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Alicante province is on the Mediterranean Sea in eastern Spain, on the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is home to the cities of Alicante, Elche, and Orihuela.

Alicante is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea and Costa Blanca (White Coast) on the east. The province is named after its capital, which is the city of Alicante.

Alicante ranks as the 5th most populous province in Spain after Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia. In 2018 it had a population of 1,838,819 inhabitants. The largest cities in the Alicante province in 2018 were Alicante (population of 334,757), Elche (population of 230,112), Torrevieja (population of 101,792), Orihuela (population of 86,164), Benidorm (population of 71,034), Alcoy (population of 61,552), Elda (population of 55,168), and San Vicente del Raspeig (population of 53,126).

This province has the largest ratio of foreigner population among all Spanish provinces. There are 446,368 foreigners registered in the province (and many more unregistered foreigners), which represents 23.6% of the total population. Of the 141 municipalities that make up the province, foreign population is above 25% in 54 municipalities, and above 50% in 19 municipalities. The municipalities with the largest concentration of foreign residents include San Fulgencio (80%), Rojales (74%), Benitatxell (69.8%), Algorfa (69.7%), Llíber (67%), Teulada (65.5%), Daya Vieja (64.4%); San Miguel de Salinas (64.3%), Calp (62.8%), Els Poblets (61.6%), Alcalalí (60.8%), Benijófar (58.5%), L’Alfàs del Pi (56.6%), Orba (55%), Xàbia (54%), Torrevieja (53.5%), Murla (52%), Fondó (51.7%), and Benidoleig (50%).