Municipality Alcoy is located in
Valencian Community and is part of
province of Alicante. The town is crossed by Serpis river.
There are traces of life in the region dated back to the Neanderthals. A site with
rock paintings, dating to c. 10,000/6,500 years ago, has been discovered near la Sarga.
Nowadays
Alcoy has an important industry related to textile, paper, food and metal.