Montitxelvo

Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
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38°53′28″N 0°20′20″W / 38.89111°N 0.33889°W / 38.89111; -0.33889CountrySpainAutonomous communityValencian CommunityProvinceValenciaComarcaVall d'AlbaidaGovernment
 • AlcaldeJosep Miquel Climent OrtsArea
 • Total8.16 km2 (3.15 sq mi)Elevation
270 m (890 ft)Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total605 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)Demonym(s)Montitxelví/ina, Montichelvino/aTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
46842
WebsiteOfficial website

Montitxelvo[2] (Valencian pronunciation: [montiˈtʃɛlvo]), co-officially Montichelvo (Spanish pronunciation: [montiˈtʃelbo]), is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the province of Valencia and the Valencian Community, Spain. The municipality spans across a total area of 8.16 km2 and, as of 1 January 2022, it has a registered population of 571.[3]

In old sources, the placename is documented as Montichervo.[4] After 1612, the place was ethnic cleansed of moriscos and resettled by Old Christians.[5]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Decreto 73/2007, de 18 de mayo, del Consell, por el que se aprueba el cambio de denominación del municipio de Montichelvo por la forma bilingüe: Montitxelvo/Montichelvo". boe.es (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Datos del registro de entidades locales". Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ Llora, Antonio (1999). "Datos sobre los pueblos de nuestra comarca" (PDF). Almaig. 15: 23. ISSN 1139-2487.
  5. ^ "Montitxelvo" (PDF). Onomasticon Cataloniae. Vol. V. p. 358.


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