Torrevieja

Also known as Torrevella

Torrevieja is a Mediterranean-seaside city and municipality on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, in southeastern Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.

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Torrevieja is a coastal city located on Spain's Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, situated along the Mediterranean Sea in southeastern Spain. It is notable for being one of the few areas in the Valencian Community where Spanish is the predominant language, rather than Valencian.

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Key facts

Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.name: Torrevieja
Settlement.settlement_type: City and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Paseo marítimo Torrevieja.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Beach promenade in Torrevieja
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Torrevella.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escut de Torrevella (2001).svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Torrevieja
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Alicante#Spain Valencia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Valencian Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alicante

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Contents

History
Recent history
Climate
Population
Politics
Transport
Places of interest
Sport
Notable people
Notes
References
External links

Torrevieja lies about 50 kilometres south of the city of Alicante and had a population of around 90.1k residents as of the 2011 census; the latest official estimate (2019) is 83.3k inhabitants. Torrevieja was originally a salt-mining and fishing village, as it is located between the Mediterranean Sea and two large pink salt lakes known as Las Salinas de Torrevieja.

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