El Campello

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El Campello
Campello
Town and municipality
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El Campello
Location in Spain
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El Campello
El Campello (Valencian Community)
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El Campello
El Campello (Spain)
Coordinates: 38°25′39″N0°24′4″W / 38.42750°N 0.40111°W / 38.42750; -0.40111
CountryFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Autonomous community Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg Valencian Community
Province Alicante
Comarca Alacantí
Judicial district Alacant / Alicante
Government
 •  Alcalde (Mayor)Juan José Berenguer (2011) (PP)
Area
 • Total
55.27 km2 (21.34 sq mi)
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01) [1]
 • Total
31,419
 • Density568.5/km2 (1,472/sq mi)
Demonyms campeller, -a (Val.)
campellero/a (Sp.)
Official language(s)
Linguistic area Valencian
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
03560
Website Official website

El Campello, [a] also known as Campello, [b] is a town and municipality on the Costa Blanca of Spain, within the Valencian Community. It is a 20-minute tram ride from Alicante city. There is a busy marina and fish market.

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The tower overlooking the harbour was built in the 16th century as a lookout for ships.

During October each year, the town holds its Moros i Cristians (Moors and Christians) festival. The festival includes daily "battles" through the town, where arquebuses are extensively used. There are numerous parades and late night fireworks displays. The evening parades through the centre of the town are resplendent with extravagant costumes.

Places to visit

There are archaeological remains at La Illeta (or La Isleta), beside the harbour, where circular cabins dating back to 3000 BC have been found. Also known as Banyets de la Reina, the remains of Roman-era fish factories can be seen at the site.

It is an archaeological site of great importance and occupies 4,000 square meters. A number of items were discovered, including Bronze Age remains, and the remains of an important Iberian population that occupied that place during the second and third centuries BC, and the remains of a Roman villa of the second century, including four fish ponds dug into the rock of the same time (though badly eroded, yet visible), and finally the remains of an Arab occupation that was more sporadic in the Middle Ages.

Education

Lycée Français d'Alicante, a French international school, is in el Campello. [2] The school moved to el Campello in 2005. [3]

Institut d'Educació Secundària Clot de L'Illot, a Bachillerato, for Humanities and Social Sciences. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pronunciation of el Campello:
    Valencian: [elkamˈpeʎo]
  2. ↑ Pronunciation of Campello (unofficial):
    Spanish: [kamˈpeʎo]

References

  1. ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ↑ Home page. Lycée Français d'Alicante. Retrieved on 30 April 2015. "Camino de Marco, 21 (03560) El Campello – Alicante "
  3. ↑ "Histoire Archived 2016-10-02 at the Wayback Machine "/"Historia / Quiénes somos [ permanent dead link ]." Lycée Français d'Alicante. Retrieved on 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "IES Clot de L'Illot | Educación El Campello" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-05.
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