Luis Barcala (People's Party) has been Mayor of Alacant since 19 Apr 2018. Alicante's population jumped 7.2% a year under Luis Barcala, in office since April 2018. Alicante ranks 1st of 46 cities on population growth; on GDP per person it is 29th of 32. The unemployment rate moved −2.1 percentage points in Alicante against −4.5 percentage points for Spain. Under Gabriel Echávarri (2015 to 2018) the unemployment rate fell 7.7 percentage points.
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