Valencia, Spain
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Valencia (Valencian: València) is the maist muckle ceety o the Autonomous Commonty o Valencie an the third lairgest ceety in Spain, wi a population o 809,267 in 2010. It is the 15t-maist populous municipality in the European Union. Aboot 1,175,000 fowk live in the Valencia urban aurie an 1,705,742 in the Valencia metropolitan aurie.
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Valencia València | |
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Coordinates: 39.470239°N 0.376805°W / 39.470239; -0.376805 | |
Kintra | Spain |
Autonomous Commonty | Valencie Commonty |
Province | Valencia |
Comarca | Valencia |
Founded | 137 BC |
Destricts | Leet
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Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil govrenment |
• Bodi | Ajuntament de València |
• Mayor | Joan Ribó i Canut (Compromís) |
Area | |
• City | 134.65 km2 (51.99 sq mi) |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• City | 801,456[2] |
• Urban | 1,595,000[3] |
• Metro | 2,522,383[4] |
Demonym(s) | valencià (m), valenciana (f) valenciano (m), valenciana (f) |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
Postcode | 46000-46080 |
ISO 3166-2 | ES-V |
Website | www.valencia.es |
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It is integratit intae an industrial aurie on the Costa del Azahar. Its main festival, the Falles, is kent warldwide, while the traditional dish, paella, oreeginatit in the Valencie Community.
The ceety contains a dense monumental heritage, includin the Llotja de la Seda (Warld Heritage Steid syne 1996), but its laundmerk is undoubtitly the Ceety o Airts an Sciences, an avant-garde an futuristic museum complex.