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Carcaixent
Sign in to saveCarcaixent (; ) is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is located in the Ribera Alta comarca, 40 km south of the provincial capital Valencia. It is the birthplace of the orange growth and its flourishing commerce in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, its inhabitants live basically on agriculture and the service sector.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Carcaixent
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Carcagente.Convento de Aguas Vivas.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Carcaixent.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Carcaixent.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of Valencia#Spain Valencia#Spain
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- Location in Spain
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Valencia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ribera Alta
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- Judicial district
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Alzira
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 21
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 59.3
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Carcaixentí, carcaixentina
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Spain
- Official name
- Carcaixent
- Demonym
- carcaixentí
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Province of Valencia
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- Valencian
- Population
- 21317
- Area
- 59.25
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Júcar
- Shares border with
- Alberic
- Official website
- www.carcaixent.es
- Image
- AlmRibera2 Carcaixent.jpg
- Licence plate code
- V
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- topic's main category
- Category:Carcaixent
- Commons category
- Carcaixent
- postal code
- 46740
- twinned administrative body
- Newbury
- social media followers
- 1827
- phone number
- +34-962-43-00-18
- male population
- 10071
- female population
- 10287
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Carcaixent, in the heart of the Ribera Alta
- Main sights
- Birthplace of the orange
- Orange route
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Carcaixent (; ) is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, eastern Spain, with c. 20,000 inhabitants. Its origins go back to prehistoric Iberian and Roman times, with some remainders in its area. It is located in the Ribera Alta comarca, 40 km south of the provincial capital Valencia. It is the birthplace of the orange growth and its flourishing commerce in the 19th and 20th centuries. Currently, its inhabitants live basically on agriculture and the service sector.
==Carcaixent, in the heart of the Ribera Alta== Remains of Neolithic, Iberian and Roman settlements have been found in the area of Carcaixent, although the municipality actually originated from a Muslim farmhouse. King Philip II awarded Carcaixent the title of University in 1576. After upgrading it to Villa Real, the king issued Royal Privileges granting it the right to vote in the Courts of Valencia. Economy and population boomed in Carcaixent in the 18th century thanks to the sound production of silk, although crops were replaced by orange trees in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Carcaixent was awarded the title of city in 1916.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcaixent” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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