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.
La Font de la Figuera | |
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Fuente la Higuera | |
Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 0°52′46″W / 38.80556°N 0.87944°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous 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 |
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.