According to the statistical data on population and evolution of the Municipal Register, Torrevieja has started 2022 with a total of 87,901 registered inhabitants, of which 49,807 (56.6%) are of Spanish origin, while the rest, 38,094 (43.4%) have arrived from abroad.
In Orihuela Costa with Municipal elections just 16 months away, residents of the Orihuela Costa are stepping up their demands for a greater voice, for more representation in local government, and in their own administration with the formation of a new political party as the Orihuela Costa Independence Party (PIOC) is currently being registered with the Ministry of the Interior and in La Manga, a military court of enquiry has found evidence that the Spanish Air Force could have been responsible for the death of one of it’s own, Commander Francisco Marín Núñez of the Eagle Patrol, who died in August 2019 when he crashed his C101 aircraft into the Mr Menor last September.