Castellón de la Plana

city in the Valencian Community, Spain
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Summary

Castellón de la Plana is a municipality of Spain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,124 views/month, #40 of 5,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Plana Alta[3], Castellón[4]
  • Country: Spain[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[6], Río Seco de Borriol[7], Rambla de la Viuda[8]
  • Head of government: Begoña Carrasco[9]
  • Continent: Europe[10]
  • Instance of: city[11], big city[12], municipality of the Valencian Community[13]
  • Capital: Castelló de la Plana[14]
  • Official language: Catalan[15]
  • Shares border with: Borriol[16], Benicàssim[17], Almassora[18], Onda[19], L'Alcora[20]
  • Flag: flag of Castellón de la Plana[21]
  • Twinned administrative body: Châtellerault[22], Lleida[23], Târgoviște[24], Ube[25]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Castelló de la Plana[26]
  • Postal code: 12001–12006[27], 12100[28]
  • Commons category: Castellón de la Plana[29]
  • Patron saint: Our Lady of Lledó[30], Saint Christopher[31], Blaise of Sebaste[32]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[33], UTC+02:00[34]
  • Catalog code: 154[35]
  • Inception: 1239[36], 1251[37]
  • Public holiday: Magdalena Festival[38]
  • Official website: http://www.castello.es/[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Castellón de la Plana[40]
  • Population: 180,185[41], 180,204[42], 180,114[43], 180,690[44], 180,005[45], 177,924[46], 172,624[47], 172,110[48], 167,455[49], 163,088[50], 160,714[51], 153,225[52], 146,563[53], 173,841[54]

Why It Matters

Castellón de la Plana has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . dogv.gva.es. dogv.gva.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . femp.femp.es. femp.femp.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . elmundo.es. elmundo.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . pmtgv.ro. pmtgv.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . elperiodic.com. elperiodic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . aldc.espais.iec.cat. aldc.espais.iec.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . elperiodicomediterraneo.com. elperiodicomediterraneo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . elperiodicomediterraneo.com. elperiodicomediterraneo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2013. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2007. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2006. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2005. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2004. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2003. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2002. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2001. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2014. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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