La Font de la Figuera
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Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
La Font de la Figuera | |
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| Fuente la Higuera | |
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Coat of arms of La Font de la Figuera Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 38°48′20′′N 0°52′46′′W / 38.80556°N 0.87944°W / 38.80556; -0.87944 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Costera |
| Judicial district | Xàtiva |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Vicent Muñoz i Jordà (2015) (Compromís) |
| Area | |
• Total | 84.34 km2 (32.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 553 m (1,814 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,038 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (63/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Fuentehiguerense, fontí/-ina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46630 |
| Official language(s) | Valencian |
| Website | lafontdelafiguera |
La Font de la Figuera (Valencian pronunciation: [laˈfɔnddelafiˈɣeɾa] ; Spanish: Fuente la Higuera [ˈfwentelajˈɣeɾa] ) is a municipality in the comarca of Costera in the Province of Valencia in the Valencian Community, Spain.
The town is famous for its Christmas tradition in which people run through the streets in red underwear. "6 Christmas traditions so strange they're borderline scarring". CNN. December 21, 2016.
References
[edit ]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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