Los Montesinos

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Los Montesinos
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Coordinates: 38°1′41″N0°44′31″W / 38.02806°N 0.74194°W / 38.02806; -0.74194
Country Spain
Autonomous community Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg  Valencian Community
Province Escut de la Provincia d'Alacant.svg Alicante
Comarca Vega Baja del Segura
Area
  Total15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total4,844
  Density320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
03187
Website http://www.losmontesinos.es

Los Montesinos is a municipality located in the south of the province of Alicante in the Vega Baja del Segura, Valencian Community, Spain. It has a population of 5,477 inhabitants (INE 2023). It is a Spanish-speaking municipality, in which Spanish has legally recognized linguistic predominance.

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Geography

The municipality is located in the extreme south of the province of Alicante and the Valencian Community, in the lands that have traditionally made up the "field or dry land", far from the orchard or irrigated lands. by the Segura River. This town is accessed from Alicante via the A-7 to connect with the CV-945.

Regarding climatic characteristics, aridity and rainfall irregularity are the most notable climatic characteristics and with the greatest geographical impact. In general, the climate of the area is characterized by very mild temperatures, with an average of over 10°C in the coldest month.

Bordering towns

It limits with the municipal terms of Algorfa, Almoradí, Rojales, San Miguel de Salinas y Torrevieja.

History

The territorial demarcation of Los Montesinos belonged to the municipality of Almoradí from the XVI century until 1990, in which the traditional guardianship that this population had exercised ended. In fact, by Decree 140/90 of the Consell de la Generalidad Valenciana, Los Montesinos became an independent municipality.

Its appearance is related to the establishment of irrigation areas in the area adjacent to the Torrevieja salt flats, through the Canal de los Riegos de Levante. [2] The name of the town possibly comes from the surname of a former owner who gave name to a farm that gave rise to the current urban center.

Population

It has a population of 5,477 inhabitants (INE 2023)

Nationality in Los Montesinos (2022) [3]
NationalityMenWomenTotal %Proportion
Spanish17041583328763.0%
Foreign953977193037.0%
Demographic Evolution of Los Montesinos [4]
19911996199819992000200120022003200420052006200720092010201120122013201420152016
Population2.2322.4362.4722.5262.6172.6742.8072.9643.0813.3193.6544.2844.9495.1475.1995.2035.0434.9664.9214.912

Economy

Regarding its economic situation, the main factors that have led to the economic development of this population center have been the expansion of irrigation and tourism. Over the course of the XX century, favorable economic conditions were gradually consolidated through engineering works, which allowed the arrival of water contributions to the dry land. On the other hand, these were complemented by activities derived from tourism development and real estate growth that has occurred on the coast since the 1980s.

It has a prosperous agriculture, mainly citrus and vegetables, which also generates an important agri-food industry. Industrial activity is represented by the manufacture of construction materials and metal carpentry items and metal structures, as well as canned fish.

Schools

Municipal Music School. In which its students, throughout the course, hold auditions and concerts to which anyone who wishes can attend.

School for adults. The following levels are taught: New readers, Literacy, School Graduate I and School Graduate II, Spanish for Foreigners and Basic English.

Municipal Sports Schools. In the town there is a wide variety of sports services such as: training 2/3 days a week depending on the modality, qualified instructors, quarterly report to parents, training report when formalizing registration, medical check-up for all those enrolled, athlete's card and participation in activities organized by the Department.

Places of interest

Festivities

Politics

It is constituted as a municipality by segregation of the municipality of Almoradí, according to Decree 140/1990, of July 30, of the Consell de la Generalidad Valenciana, by which part of the Municipal term of Almoradí (Alicante) is segregated to constitute an independent Municipality with the denomination of Los Montesinos. DOGV no. 1365 (August 17, 1990).

Since its segregation in 1990, the Los Montesinos City Council has been governed by José Manuel Butrón Sánchez, from the municipal group of the PSPV-PSOE.

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Muñoz Hernández, Remedios (2013). De La Marquesa a Los Montesinos. El fracaso de una colonización planificada frente al éxito de un asentamiento espontáneo que logra ser municipio (siglos XVIII al XX) (PDF). Ayuntamiento de Los Montesinos. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España). "Población por sexo, edad (grandes grupos) y nacionalidad (española/extranjera)" . Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. Población de hecho según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España. Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842, Series de población de los municipios de España desde 1996.
  5. http://www.losmontesinos.es [ bare URL ]