Costa Blanca
One in eight residents in Torrevieja is British
By h.b. - Jan 9, 2009 - 8:25 AM
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The new Padrón local census list shows residents from 121 countries.
The latest Padrón list in Torrevieja reveals that foreigners now make up 53.7% of the population.
One in eight of the people who live in Torrevieja was born in Britain.
2009 begins with 104,700 foreign residents on the Padrón list in Torrevieja. There are 12,871 Britons, followed by 3,813 Germans and 3,393 Moroccans.
Then in order come the Russians, Swedish, Colombians, Ukrainians, Norwegians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Ecuadorians, Belgians, Brazilians, Finnish, Italians, Argentineans, Irish, Chinese and Chileans.
In fact there are 121 countries represented on the Padrón making Torrevieja the most international town in the region.