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Torrevieja’s population reaches all time high
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by Keith Nicol TORREVIEJA IS leading the way in terms of population growth in the Valencian Community with its population increasing by 1,739 during 2012 to 107,009. And while talk over the past few years has been about a mass exodus of UK citizens returning home, in fact the opposite is true, as the numbers of citizens from the British Isles continues to increase year by year! According to the statistics of population and evolution of the Municipality, the city of Torrevieja starts 2013 with a total of 107,009 registered inhabitants, up from 105,270 inhabitants in 2011, of which 53.6% are citizens of foreign origin (57,329 inhabitants) and 46.4% (49,680 people) are Spanish. Thus Torrevieja spends another year as the third largest city
in the province of Alicante and the fifth in Valencia, just behind the three provincial capitals (Valencia, Alicante and Castellón) and Elche. The quick breakdown by country shows that Citizens from the UK account for 13,226 registered inhabitants, Russia (4,474), Germany (4,097), and Sweden (3,196), top the list of foreign countries in the Torrevieja census. The biggest change noted is the significant increase of citizens from Russia, now having taken over the second spot from Germany and behind only UK residents. The data shows a steady increase of those registered from European Union countries but continues to show a continued decline since 2008 of citizens of Hispanic origin, especially from Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru and Chile. Continued on page 6