Ontinyent

Ontinyent
Municipality

Flag

Coat of arms
Ontinyent

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 38°49′20″N 0°36′26″W / 38.82222°N 0.60722°W / 38.82222; -0.60722Coordinates: 38°49′20″N 0°36′26″W / 38.82222°N 0.60722°W / 38.82222; -0.60722
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Valencian Community
Province Valencia
Comarca Vall d'Albaida
Judicial district Ontinyent
Government
  Alcalde Jorge Rodríguez Gramage (2011) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
  Total 125.4 km2 (48.4 sq mi)
Elevation 382 m (1,253 ft)
Population (2008)
  Total 100,269
  Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) ontinyentí, ontinyentina
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 46870
Official language(s) Valencian
Website Official website

Ontinyent (Valencian pronunciation: [ontiˈɲent]) is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Clariano or Ontinyent, a tributary of the Xúquer, and on the XàtivaAlcoi railway.

Ontinyent has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodòver. There is a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was formerly a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. Linen and woollen cloth, paper, brandy, furniture and earthenware are manufactured; and there is some trade in cereals, wine, almonds and olive oil.

Personalities

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ontinyent.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.