Carlet

Carlet is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain.

Carlet
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 39°13′35″N 0°31′16″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Ribera Alta
Judicial district	Carlet
Government
• Alcalde	Dolores I. Navarro Lacuesta (PSOE)
Area
• Total	45.6 km2 (17.6 sq mi)
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	15.740 (2,020)
Demonym(s)	Carletí, carletina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46240
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	Official website

Main sights

Hermitage of San Bernat is a chapel built above the Muslim king's palace who tortured his son Bernardo and his two daughters, María and Gracia, for having converted to Christianity. It is a building of a centralized floor formed by a double structure, created by an outer heptagon that involves the interior and circular floor. Above the interior zone is a dome with Arabic tiles in blue, characteristic of the Valencian domes.^[1]