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View of OrihuelaXimonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Orihuela

Coastal city

Orihuela (historically also known in Valencian as 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 Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.

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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").

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Village information

Coat of arms of Orihuela
Province
Alicante
Autonomous community
Valencia
Population (INE 2025)
84,560
Altitude
36 m
Mayor
José Vegara Durá
Area (IGN)
374 km²
District
Vega Baja
Postcode
03189–03689
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Orihuela at a glance

Distance to a city
Alicante, 50 km away
Provincial capital
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
84,560 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: 49 stops in the village
Train: Orihuela Miguel Hernández, 1 km away
Airport: Murcia, 35 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Comunidad Valenciana)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
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Housing
Rent: €450/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €2,080/m² (appraised value in the municipality)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
26 health centres
43 pharmacies
Education
15 nursery schools
40 primary schools
8 secondary schools
Sports facilities
295 in the village
4 pools
Connectivity
Fibre in 92% of homes
4G in 100%
5G in 99%

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Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes92 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes99 %

No data on: motorhomes, street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Housing

Right now nobody has listed a home or land in Orihuela. Rental and purchase prices for the area are under “Cost of living”.

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Cost of living

Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.

Cost of living in Orihuela, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Orihuela · 2,145 leases€450/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Orihuela€500/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Orihuela€2,080/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Orihuela€29,671/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 47 petrol stations within 10 km€1.841/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 47 petrol stations within 10 km€1.925/litre

Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.

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