industry.

The booming region was reported by Spanish news site Terra to be the leading grower in job creation among regions which are experiencing similarly rapid increases in population as housing is developed and more people are attracted to it.

Also known as the Costa Azahar, the area has welcomed as many as 75,000 new inhabitants this year, according to Terra, bringing its yearly population growth to a booming 15.4 per cent.

But while other areas like Guadalajara, Alicante and Tarragon have also grown in population since 2001, the Castellon area was leading the way in job creation, boasting the lowest unemployment rate of the growing regions.

Terra claimed that despite the huge population growth – the majority of which was coming from foreign nationals like Britons setting up in the region – unemployment remained at around half the national average.

Using 2006 figures from bank La Caixa, unemployment in the region was claimed to be as low as 2.7 per cent, making Castellon one of Spain’s most booming locations.