{"id":222764,"date":"2020-09-02T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/?p=222764"},"modified":"2020-09-02T12:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:24:14","slug":"british-community-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/en\/articles\/life-in-spain\/british-community-in-spain","title":{"rendered":"British community in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

To date, more than 250.000 Britons live in Spain<\/a>, mostly favoring the Mediterranean coast. Therefore, in some such municipalities they outnumber the local population. The British are the third largest foreign community in Spain after Moroccans and Romanians, and in many coastal areas they are in the lead. The citizens of the United Kingdom have a strong presence in the Spanish real estate market, due to their interest in permanent residence in Spain.<\/p>\n

Britons are attracted by year-round good weather, endless well-equipped beaches, exquisite local gastronomy and a wide range of tourist services. In Spain, the British expats can enjoy the availability of regular direct flights to their original place of residence. A cultural aspect may also be added as well as all the other advantages that they have as citizens of the European Union. Moreover, the British government tries to do its best to protect their rights after Brexit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where are British nationals buying property and living in Spain?<\/h2>\n

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According to the most recent census, currently, 250.392 of the British live in Spain. Among the Spanish autonomous communities, the Valencian community opens the top five, where 78.890 citizens of the United Kingdom are reported, followed by Andalusia \u2013 77.451, the Canary Islands \u2013 25.589, Catalonia \u2013 20.413 and the Balearic Islands \u2013 14.953.<\/p>\n

When broken down by province, the first position in the rating took Alicante<\/a>, where 69,728 British nationals reside, who constitute 27.8% of the total British population living in Spain; followed by Malaga with 47.496 Britons (19%), Almeria with 15.106 (6%), the Balearic Islands with 14.953 (6%) and Barcelona with 14.307 (5.7%).<\/p>\n

These five regions account for 64.5% of the total number of UK residents in the country. The towns of Murcia (14,146), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (21.989), Las Palmas of Canary Islands (12.600), Madrid (10.044) and Valencia<\/a> (7.953) should also be noted in this list.<\/p>\n

Currently, the number of British expats may continue growing, as under the Brexit agreement, British citizens can settle in any EU-member state until December 31, 2020, and thus acquire life-time priority in Spain as European citizens.<\/p>\n

If we consider the Spanish municipalities, which are chosen by Britons, it will be Benidorm<\/a>, Javea<\/a>, Orihuela<\/a>, Rojales, San Fulgencio and Torrevieja<\/a> in the province of Alicante; Mijas and Benalm\u00e1dena in Malaga; Mazarr\u00f3n in Murcia; Arona on Tenerife; and, of course, the metropolitan areas of Barcelona and Madrid.<\/p>\n

Expressed in figures, 6.191 Britons officially live in Madrid, and just a little less \u2013 5.846 live in a small town of Rojales. Next come Fuengirola \u2013 5.220; Javea \u2013 4.544; Torrevieja \u2013 4.533, Mazarron \u2013 4.076 and Calvia \u2013 3.663.<\/p>\n

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