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Algorfa (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈɣoɾfa]) is a village in the Costa Blanca area of Spain, near the coast and surrounded by Mediterranean pine forest and citrus groves.
Algorfa (Alicante) Spain | |
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Coordinates: 38°5′9″N 0°48′17″W / 38.08583°N 0.80472°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Alicante |
Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura |
Judicial district | Orihuela |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Ivan Manuel Ros Rodes (2015) (PSPV-PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 18.36 km2 (7.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,838 |
• Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Demonym | Algorfeño/a |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 03169 |
Official language(s) | Spanish |
Website | Official website |
Algorfa lies on the banks of the Segura river and is approximately ten minutes' drive to the nearest blue flag beaches of the Mediterranean and a 35 minutes' drive from the Alicante Airport and the Murcia-San Javier Airport. It is a ten minute drive inland from the coastal resort of Guardamar del Segura.
As one of Vega Baja del Segura’s citrus farming villages, with a population of nearly 3,000, Algorfa is situated within a fertile countryside.
Just outside the village is an unusual neo-gothic church that was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Algorfa holds a market on Wednesdays.
It is also home to the La Finca Golf Club and to three urbanizations: Lo Crispín, Castillo de Montemar and Montebello, each constituted by villas and apartments.
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.