Hotels in Sant Vicent del Raspeig

Sant Vicent del Raspeig

Sant Vicent del Raspeig is a town of about 60,000 people in the north-west of the Alicante metropolitan area, in the Alacantí comarca. Since 1979 its territory has held the campus of the University of Alicante, which has made it a university and residential town. Its centre lies 6 km from the centre of Alicante, and the two towns form one continuous built-up area. It is linked to the city by the commuter train, the TRAM line 2 and bus line 24. The town takes its name from a local tradition that Saint Vincent Ferrer stayed in the lands of El Raspeig around 1411. It grew around a hermitage in El Raspeig that later became today's parish church of Sant Vicent Ferrer. It gained full independence from Alicante in 1848 after a long segregation process. Industrialised in the 20th century, it later grew strongly as a residential town within the Alicante–Elche metropolitan area. Its 40.5 km² territory rises gently from about 85 m in the south to over 400 m towards the Maigmó–Ventós mountains in the north. Well connected to the coast and the inland mountains, it is a practical base for the university, the city of Alicante and the airport.