Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
) or Sant Vicent del Raspeig (
Valencian
Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the El Carche comarca in Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance language also known as Catal ...
), or simply San Vicente / Sant Vicent, is a municipality located in the ''
comarca
A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...
'' of
Alacantí
Alacantí (in Valencian and local Spanish)—also known in Spanish as and —is a ''comarca'' in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the ''comarques'' of Marina Baixa and Alcoià to the north, Baix Vinalopó
The Baix Vinalopó ...
, in the province of
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 ...
, Spain, inside the conurbation of Alicante city (6 km away and connected by bus routes and Alicante Tram).
It has an area of 40.5 km² and according to the 2007 census, a total population of 55.434 inhabitants, with a large student population because it contains part of the
University of Alicante
The University of Alicante ( ca-valencia, Universitat d'Alacant, italic=no, ; es, Universidad de Alicante, italic=no, ; also known by the acronym ''UA'') was established in 1979 on the basis of the Center for University Studies (CEU), which was fo ...
(''Universitat d'Alacant''), a major educational institution.
The town was founded in 1836 with the motto ''sequet però sanet'' ("dry but healthy"), but it was not considered a municipality until 1848.
There are two important festivals every year: the Bonfires called ''Fogueres de Sant Vicent'' in July, and the festival of '' Moors and Christians'' in late April.
The city has many
quarries
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their envir ...
of
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
that enable the existence of
cement
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mi ...
factories.
Notable people
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Juanma Acevedo
Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Acevedo Marín (born 24 March 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left winger for UD Socuéllamos.
Club career
Born in Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Alicante, Acevedo finished his graduation in lowly Torrellano Illice C ...