Getting to know Alcoy
 

ALCOY. THE CITY OF BRIDGES

 

 

54 Km from Alicante and 105 Km from Valencia, located in the mid-southern area of the Valencian Region, lies Alcoy, the city of bridges, of the Moors and Christians Festival and of the textile industry. Surrounded by mountains, it has grown and changed its appearance at the rate of its own economical growth. Alcoy's urban layout has always been conditioned by roads full of bends and cut by cliffs from where the waters of a river flow down. This used to be the hydraulic power that defined the industrial vocation of the city. The bridges are the main support of the movement of traffic and they made it possible for the widening of the city. Apart from the small bridges that compose the old road network, the big bridges of María Cristina, Sant Roc, Petxina, Viaducto de Canalejas, Sant Jordi and Fernando Reig (inaugurated in 1987) are true examples of modern engineering at the service of public works.

 

 

Viaducto of Canalejas

 

Saint George (Sant Jordi)
 

 

Fernando Reig

María Cristina
 
 

A PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK: A CITY WITH PROSPECTS

 

 

 Alcoy is the main town of a district called L'Alcoià and has a population of 65.000 inhabitants. The town's working population has traditionally been devoted to the textile, paper and metallurgic industries. However, recent years have brought about jobs in the chemical industry (cosmetics) food (stuffed olives, confectionery, liqueurs…) as well as in the service sector. The isolation of this town, due to difficult road access, marked the character of its people as being innovative and entrepreneurs. Most of the old factories that were still in use some years ago have been restored for social use. For example, Papeleras Reunidas S.A. the building which has become the Instituto Tecnológico Textil (Textile Technologic Institute) and the Centro Europeo de Empresas Innovadoras (European Centre for Innovative Enterprises). Other examples are the old textile factory Ferrándiz that has been turned into the Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy (Polytechnic College of Alcoy). The infrastructure and services available together with an extensive municipal borough district 7.5 Sq. Km in size have helped the city to obtain a high quality of life and make Alcoy into a town with prospects.
 

 

Town Council House

 

Polytechnic College of Alcoy

 

"País Valenciá" Avenue

SUME USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

  • City Hall: 965 53 71 00 - fax: 965 53 71 61
  • Tourist Office: 965 53 71 55
  • Local Police Constabulary: 965 53 71 45
  • Hospital S. V. S. (Emergencies): 965 33 74 30
  • Red Cross (Emergencies): 965 33 22 40
  • Fire Brigade: 965 59 24 41
  • Cultural Center: 965 53 71 42 - 965 54 41 22
  • Archaeological Museum: 965 53 71 44
  • Moors and Christians Festival Museum: 965 54 05 80
  • Youth Information Bureau: 965 53 71 41
  • Environment Bureau: 965 53 71 27
  • Font Roja Natural Park Information Centre: 965 33 76 20
  • Sports Centre: 965 33 17 32
  • Municipal Consumer Information Bureau: 965 53 71 08
  • Music's Friends Association: 965 543826 - 618872882
  • E mail Adress: ajualcoi@alcoi.org

 

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