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Santa Pola

Postal Code: 
03130
Population: 
33,372
2011
Town Hall: 
[+34] 965411100
Local Police: 
[+34] 965411103
Guardia Civil: 
[+34] 965411290
Guardia Civil [Emergency]: 
062
Health Centre: 
[+34] 966915300
Fiestas

The first week of September : Virgen de Loreto + Moros y Cristianos

Santa Pola  is a coastal town located in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó in Alicante Province (Valencian Community), Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 58.6 km2.

The town has an important salt evaporation pond known as the salines which remains in business, additionally, most of it is recognized as the Natural Park of Salines de Santa Pola, an important RAMSAR site. The town was settled over the ruins of a Roman village called Portus Ilicitanus (literally, Harbour of Elche); after being abandoned for decades, then a castle was constructed in the 16th century which marked the repopulation of Santa Pola. The town has an archeological museum covering these phases.

Santa Pola is, at present, a coastal fishing and tourist town. Population more than doubles during the summer, with people coming mostly from the rest of the Alicante province, and also from the Basque autonomous community, Madrid, France and the UK, just to mention some. The nearby island of Tabarca (part of Alicante) can be visited by ship.

The new town of Gran Alacant, 5 km north of Santa Pola along the Alicante bay, accounts for about one third of the population of the district. Next to it is the Carabasi area, a nature reserve. Gran Alacant lies only a few kilometres from Alicante Airport and a few hundred metres from the town of Los Arenales which is located in the Elche district.

In June 2009, the Valencian Government announced that the Alicante Tram system will be extended southwards via Alicante Airport and El Altet, to stations in Gran Alacant and Santa Pola and then onwards to Guardamar and Torrevieja before terminating in Murcia.

Places of Interest: 
  • Museo del Mar
  • Museo de la Pesca
  • Acuario Municipal
  • Museo de la Sal
  • El Castillo-Fortaleza
  • Torres vigía
  • Faro
  • Puerto
  • Mercado de Abastos
  • Aljibes del Massapà
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