Carlet
| Carlet | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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  Carlet Location in Spain | ||
| Coordinates: 39°13′35″N 0°31′16″W / 39.22639°N 0.52111°WCoordinates: 39°13′35″N 0°31′16″W / 39.22639°N 0.52111°W | ||
| Country |
 Spain | |
| Autonomous community |
.svg.png){kind=small} Valencian Community | |
| Province | Valencia | |
| Comarca | Ribera Alta | |
| Judicial district | Carlet | |
| Government | ||
| • Alcalde | Mª Ángeles Crespo Martínez | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 45.6 km2 (17.6 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • Total | 15,366 | |
| • Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Carletí, carletina | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 46240 | |
| Official language(s) | Valencian | |
| Website | Official website | |
Carlet is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Main sights
- Hermitage of San Bernat: Chapel built above the Muslim king ́s palace who tortured his son Bernardo and his two daughters, María and Gracia, for having converted to Christianism. It is a building of a centralized floor formed by a double structure created by an outer heptagon involving the interior and circular floor. Above the interior zone there is a dome with Arabic tiles in blue characteristic of the Valencian domes.[1]
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