Orihuela
Orihuela
Oriola | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Muy noble, leal y siempre fiel ciudad de Orihuela (English: Very noble, loyal and always faithful city of Orihuela) | |
Location of Orihuela | |
Orihuela Orihuela Orihuela | |
| Coordinates: 38°5′8″N 0°56′49″W / 38.08556°N 0.94694°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Alicante |
| Comarca | Vega Baja del Segura |
| Judicial district | Orihuela |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Carolina Gracia (2022) (People's Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 384 km2 (148 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01) | |
• Total | 84,560 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Orihuelan • oriolano/a, also orcelitano/a (Sp.) • oriolà, -ana (Val.) (historically) |
| Official language(s) | |
| Linguistic area | Spanish (historically Valencian) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 03300 (centre), 03189 (coast) parishes: 03310–03318, 03320, 03369, 03689. |
| Website | Official website |
Orihuela (Valencian: Oriola) is a city and municipality located at the foot of the Sierra de Orihuela mountains in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. The city is in one of the few Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.
The city of Orihuela had a population of 33,943 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. The municipality has an area of 367.19 km2, and stretches all the way down to the Mediterranean coast, west of Torrevieja, and had a total population of 92,000 inhabitants at the beginning of 2013. This includes not only the city of Orihuela, but also the coastal tourist development hub (urbanización turística) of Dehesa de Campoamor with 33,277 inhabitants (2013) and a few other villages.
The river Segura flows through Orihuela. The city was settled by Romans who called it Orcelis and subsequently Aurariola (Latin: "breeze").