The city of Alacant/Alicante has two official names. Alacant is the original Catalan one. The Spanish name Alicante was given by Franco. During this time Catalan language was interdicted. All villages got Spanish names and even family names were re-named. After death of the dictator the city became Alacant again but the Spanish name stayed official as a second hand name. Habitants of Alacant prefer the Catalan name because their mother tongue is Catalan.

 Because of this reasons, we re-named the German article in Alacant. Best wishes Hanno eissnerAlicante is a name that was given by a dictator to supress Catalan inhabitants. Before the World War 2, only a small number of people went to Spain for their holidays a few people knew Alacant. After war more people visited Spain and during this time the official name was Alicante.