Sant Joan d'Alacant

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| name = Sant Joan d'Alacant

| native_name = {{nativename|ca-valencia|Sant Joan d'Alacant}}
{{native name|es|San Juan de Alicante}}

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Foto_san_juan_de_alicante.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Plaza de España

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| image_shield = Escut_de_Sant_Joan_d'Alacant.svg

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| image_map = San Juan de Alicante-Mapa del Campo de Alicante.svg

| mapsize = 150px

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location of Sant Joan in the Valencian Community

| pushpin_map = Spain

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sant Joan in Spain

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Community

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name1 = {{nowrap|{{flag|Valencian Community}}}}

| subdivision_name2 = Province of Alicante

| subdivision_name3 = Alacantí

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| government_footnotes = {{cite news |last1=SER |first1=Cadena |title=Santiago Román justifica mantenerse como alcalde no adscrito: "Entrar ahora en ese debate lo vemos absurdo" |url=https://cadenaser.com/comunitat-valenciana/2023/04/12/santiago-roman-justifica-mantenerse-como-alcalde-no-adscrito-entrar-ahora-en-ese-debate-lo-vemos-absurdo-radio-alicante/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |work=Cadena SER |date=12 April 2023 |language=es-ES}}

| leader_party = Independent

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Santiago Román Gomez

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Entidades Locales |url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/10/13419/100 |website=ssweb.seap.minhap.es |access-date=17 April 2024}}

| area_total_km2 = 9.64

| elevation_footnotes = (AMSL)

| elevation_m = 40

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) |url=https://ine.es/nomen2/index.do?accion=busquedaDesdeHome&nombrePoblacion=san |website=ine.es |access-date=17 April 2024}}

| population_total = 25,275

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| population_demonym = santjoaner, -era (va)
sanjuanero/a (es)

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 03550

| area_code = +34 (ES) + 96 (A)

| blank_name_sec1 = Administrative Divisions

| blank_info_sec1 = 1

| blank1_name_sec1 = Neighborhoods

| blank1_info_sec1 = 2

| website = {{official website|http://www.santjoandalacant.es|www.santjoandalacant.es}}

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Sant Joan d'Alacant ({{IPA|ca-valencia|ˈsaɲ dʒuˈan dalaˈkant|lang}}; {{langx|es|San Juan de Alicante}} {{IPA|es|saŋ xwan de aliˈkante|}}), or simply Sant Joan (or San Juan), is a municipality belonging to Alicante metropolitan area, in the southeast of Valencian Community, Spain. It is the geographic center of the Old Garden of Alicante. Its limits are with the settled areas of Alicante (7 km), Mutxamel (1 km) and El Campello (3 km). It is within the Alicante metropolitan area and shares the same fire department and metro services. Its population growth is due to its function as a bedroom community, as well as in recent years, its isolation from tourist areas, its cultural and academic activities, and because has part of the campus of the University Miguel Hernández of Elx/Elche. It comprises two zones: the town of Sant Joan and Benimagrell, which is now joined through its urban expansion.

As of the register of 2023, the population is 25,275.

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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Alicante

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