Pla del Bon Repós
El Pla del Bon Repós, popularly known as El Pla, is a neighborhood in the Spanish city of Alicante.
It borders to the north with the Garbinet neighborhood, to the east with Vistahermosa, to the south with Raval Roig-Virgen del Socorro and with Mount Benacantil, and to the west with Carolinas Altas and Carolinas Bajas.
According to the municipal registry, in 2022 it will have a population of 13,622 inhabitants (7,209 women and 6,413 men).
In this neighborhood is the building of the old Provincial Hospital of San Juan de Dios, where the modern Archaeological Museum of Alicante, also known as MARQ, was installed.
Population
According to the municipal registry of inhabitants of Alicante, the evolution of the population of the Pla del Bon Repós neighborhood in recent years, from 2011 to 2022, has the following numbers:
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 13537 | 13474 | 13356 | 13191 | 13303 | 13047 | 13148 | 13170 | 13399 | 13698 | 13553 | 13622 |
| (Difference) | (-63) | (-118) | (-165) | (+112) | (-256) | (+101) | (+22) | (+229) | (+299) | (-145) | (+69) |
History
In the 13th century King Alfonso which at that time belonged to Castile as part of the kingdom of Murcia, during his travels through Andalusia and the Levant. According to tradition, they would have a residence on the outskirts of the city, in what is currently the neighborhood, and it would have been here, in one of these seasons, where the Queen would have become pregnant after many difficulties to have an heir. Since then the place was known as "El Buen Reposo", where the current name of the neighborhood would come from., Pla del Bon Repós (Plain of good rest).
Already in the XVII century, with the development of the city, the area suitable for cultivation.
Subsequently, good communication with the rest of the city and good topographic conditions made the emergence of the new neighborhood possible. Its urbanization began in the 19th century XIX in the northern area of Benacantil, following the project of the Alicante architect José Guardiola Picó as a linear city, with abundant trees and wide streets. The architect Juan Vicente Santafé y Arellano wrote in 1912 a new urbanization project, planning its development and using the pre-existing road structure, which was completed with an almost orthogonal road conformation.
On March 1, 1931, the new provincial hospital was inaugurated within the limits of the neighborhood, built according to the project of the architect Juan Vidal Ramos. This, together with its connection with the Huerta tram, promoted the development of the neighborhood. The building was converted in 2000 into an archaeological museum, known as MARQ.