Costa Blanca
Foreign residents increase the Alicante population
By h.b. - Jun 12, 2007 - 8:21 AM
email this article82 percent of the increase in population last year is thanks to foreigners
The new census in Alicante shows that foreigners account for 82% of the increase in population in the province.
The number of residents in the province is up by 37,971 over the past year, and of those 31,427 are foreign residents.
The numbers come from the National Statistics Institute INE and were published yesterday.
The population of Alicante Province is now 1,821,466 – up 2% on the year.
The foreign population is now 21.4% of the total population of the province, with the British the most numerous and making up a quarter of the foreign residents. They are followed by the Germans and the Moroccans.
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