La Nucia (; es, La Nucía) is a municipality in the '' comarca'' of Marina Baixa,

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

, Valencian Community, Spain. It borders the municipalities of

Altea Altea (, ) is a city and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain, on the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca. At present, the economy of Altea is based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of i ...

, Callosa d'En Sarrià,

Benidorm Benidorm is a town and municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Benidorm has been a tourist destination within Spain since 1925, when its port was extended and the first hotels were built, though ...

Polop Polop de la Marina (), or briefly Polop, is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , ...

and L'Alfàs del Pi. La Nucia is located in a fruit valley between Benidorm and Callosa d'En Sarrià, 3 km from the coast of

. The urban center is on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, 51 km north of

and 8 km north of Benidorm. The municipality includes the following housing estates: Barranco Hondo, Coloma, Bello Horizonte, Panorama, and El Tossal.

History

The name derives from the Arabic word ''Naziha'' ("delicious"). It was given by the king James I of Aragon to Beltran de Bellpuig. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, it formed part of the barony of Benidorm and belonged to Alfonso Fajardo, Baron of Polop, of the house of Fajardo de Mendoza. La Nucia became an independent municipality in 1705, after splitting from the barony of Polop. The parish church, dedicated to ''La Immaculada Concepció'' (Immaculate Conception), was constructed in the 18th century.

Sport

CF La Nucía is based at

Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano is a stadium located in the Spanish town of La Nucía. The venue is part of the Camilo Cano Sports City. The stadium is mainly used for soccer and athletics, and is the home of the CF La Nucía, which plays in the Segun ...

in the municipality.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Alicante Marina Baixa {{Valencia-geo-stub