La Font de la Figuera

Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
38°48′20″N 0°52′46″W / 38.80556°N 0.87944°W / 38.80556; -0.87944Country SpainAutonomous community Valencian CommunityProvinceValenciaComarcaCosteraJudicial districtXàtivaGovernment
 • AlcaldeVicent Muñoz i Jordà (2015) (Compromís)Area
 • Total84.34 km2 (32.56 sq mi)Elevation
553 m (1,814 ft)Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,038 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)Demonym(s)Fuentehiguerense, fontí/-inaTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
46630
Official language(s)ValencianWebsitelafontdelafiguera.net

La Font de la Figuera (Valencian pronunciation: [la ˈfɔnd de la fiˈɣeɾa]; Spanish: Fuente la Higuera [ˈfwente lajˈɣeɾa]) 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

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

  • La Font de la Figuera Town Hall site
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