Ciudad Quesada, Alicante

Ciudad Quesada
Ciudad Quesada from above
Ciudad Quesada
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 38°03′56″N 0°43′44″W / 38.0655°N 0.7289°W / 38.0655; -0.7289
CountrySpain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceAlicante
Elevation
100 m (330 ft)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
11 622
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ciudad Quesada is an urbanisation in the municipality of Rojales in the Province of Alicante, Spain. It has a population of 11, 622 people (INE 2024[1]).

It is located in the southern area of Rojales, 6km  from the Mediterranean sea. Justo Quesada, a Spanish entrepreneur, started the city in the 1970s and it is now considered to be a Spanish town with its own sub town hall.[2]

The Quesada companies declared bankruptcy in 2015 with debts of over 100 million Euros.

Ciudad Quesada also has a Norwegian school called Den Norske Skolen I Rojales (DNSR).[3]

References

  1. ^ INE – Relación de unidades poblacionaes
  2. ^ "Ciudad Quesada". SpainMadeSimple.com. SpainMadeSimple. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Den Norske Skolen I Rojales". dnsr.no. DNSR. Retrieved 23 February 2020.