Torrevieja
Sign in to saveTorrevieja 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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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.
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.