Tous, Valencia

Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
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39°8′N 0°35′W / 39.133°N 0.583°W / 39.133; -0.583Country SpainAutonomous community Valencian CommunityProvinceValenciaComarcaRibera AltaJudicial districtAlziraGovernment
 • AlcaldeCristóbal García Santafilomena[2] (People's Party)Area
 • Total127.50 km2 (49.23 sq mi)Elevation
64 m (210 ft)Population
 (2023)
 • Total1,352[1]DemonymTogüero/aTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
46269
Official language(s)SpanishWebsiteOfficial website

Tous (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈtɔws]) is a municipality in the Valencian Community, in the province of Valencia. The town is notable for the dam failure which occurred on October 20, 1982, when an unusually severe rainfall swelled the river Jucar, breaking the Tous Dam.[3] The dam operator was unable to open the spillway gate, and the water overtopped the dam, which then failed, provoking a flood of 16,000 m3/s and more than 30 casualties.[4] The flood was called La Pantanada.

References

  1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Corporación Municipal". Ayuntamiento de Tous (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ Vázquez, Cristina (20 October 2022). "40 años del crac de la presa de Tous: la 'pantanada' que anegó toda una comarca valenciana". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "«Pantanada» de Tous: la catástrofe que cambió la historia de la previsión y alerta meteorológica". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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