General Commercial - This zoning district is the most common type of commercial zoning. district, and it allows the widest range of permitted uses. These uses include more intense. types of commercial establishments such as gas stations, fast food restaurants, car. washes, new and used car lots, or movie theaters.
It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 332,067, estimated as of 2014, ranking as the second-largest Valencian city. Including nearby municipalities, the Alicante conurbation had 452,462 residents.The population of the metropolitan area (including Elche and satellite towns) was 757,085 as of 2014 estimates, ranking as the eighth-largest metropolitan area of Spain.he area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years. The first tribes of hunter gatherers moved down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC. Some of the earliest settlements were made on the slopes of Mount Benacantil.
Catalonia is divided into four administrative provinces: Lleida, Girona, Barcelona, and Tarragona. A fifth region within Catalonia is Andorra, a small country jointly governed by France and Spain. Catalonia has a population of approximately 6 million people, roughly 15 percent of Spain's total population. Much of the region's population growthâup from barely 2 million in 1900âis due to immigration. Over 25 percent of Catalonia's inhabitants live in Barcelona.