Utiel

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39°34′2″N 1°12′24″W / 39.56722°N 1.20667°W / 39.56722; -1.20667ProvinceValenciaComarcaPlana de UtielJudicial districtRequenaGovernment

• AlcaldeJosé Luis Ramírez Ortiz (2011) (PP)Area

• Total236.9 km² (91.5 sq mi)Elevation

720 m (2,360 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total11,540 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Demonym(s)Utielano, UtielanaTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

46300

Official language(s)SpanishWebsiteOfficial website

Utiel is a municipality in the comarca of Plana de Utiel in the Valencian Community, Spain.

According to the 2014 census,^[2] the municipality has a population of 12,082 inhabitants.

The Shrine of El Remedio is located on top of the Sierra de Utiel range, near Utiel.^[3]

Population centres

Utiel town.
Las Casas, at the feet of the Sierra de la Bicuerca, with 350 inhabitants.^[4]
Los Corrales^es, about 5 km from Utiel town, with 327 inhabitants
Las Cuevas, with 607 inhabitants. The railway station of the Cuenca-Valencia line is located in this village.
Estenas, in the Sierra del Negrete, with 34 inhabitants
La Torre, about 13 km NW of Utiel town, with 145 inhabitants
Other minor settlements include El Remedio, Casas de Medina and El Hontanar.

Bodegas Vicente Gandia, Valencian wine producer and seller company founded in 1885

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
^ "Images of The Shrine of El Remedio, near Utiel". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
^ Las Casas de Utiel