LAlfas del Pi

L'Alfas del Pi is a Valencian town and municipality positioned in the comarca of Marina Baixa, inside the province of Alicante, Spain, mendacity at the foot of Serra Gelada. L'Alfas del Pi has a place of 19.3 km² and, consistent with the 2013 census, a complete population of 21,969 inhabitants. The metropolis has the second one largest attention of Norwegian citizens overseas, at the side of giant Dutch and English communities. The financial system of L'Alfàs del Pi is especially based totally on tourism.

The most essential monument in the town is the Catholic church of Crist del Bon Encert, built in 1784. The metropolis's image is a pine tree, which can be located within the church square. It is domestic to a nationally famend movie festival which runs each year. L'Alfas del Pi has created a planned sea-aspect community - Platja de l'Albir - located between Benidorm to the south and Altea to the north in fields earlier dominated by means of citrus and almond groves.

Since 1995, Albir has grown right into a village of about 5,000 inhabitants; the general public of whom are at the beginning from Northern Europe. L'Alfas del Pi has the best proportion of Norwegian speakers of any settlement everywhere inside the international out of doors Norway. In 2013, the sculpture Paraboloide by means of Agustin Ibarrola that symbolizes peace and turned into made in honor of the 2011 Norway Attacks sufferers became found out. The sculpture is positioned in a park with the intention to be named after Johan Galtung.