La Nucia (; es, La Nucía) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''

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'' of

Marina Baixa Marina Baixa () or es, Marina Baja is a ''comarca'' in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the ''comarques'' of Comtat on the northwest, Marina Alta on the northeast, Alacantí and Alcoià on the west and the Mediterranean Sea on th ...

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 t ...

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...

, Spain. It borders the municipalities of Altea,

Callosa d'En Sarrià Callosa may stand for: * Callosa d'En Sarrià, a town in the comarca of La Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Spain * Callosa de Segura, a town in the comarca of El Baix Segura, in the province of Alicante, Spain * '' Callosa'', a genus o ...

, Benidorm, Polop 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 Altea. The urban center is on a promontory overlooking the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

, 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 James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 12 ...

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 Club de Fútbol La Nucía is a Spanish football team based in La Nucía, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1995, it plays in Segunda Federación - Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Camilo Cano'', which has a capacity of ...

is based at Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano in the municipality.

References

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