Benigembla

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Benigembla

Total population

310

Elevation314 m

Land area18.4 km²

Coordinates38.75°, -0.11°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Benigembla is a town and municipality in the Pop Valley within the district of Marina Alta in eastern Spain. The town is 314 m above sea level. It is only 50 km away from Benidorm, 88 km from Alicante, 105 km from Valencia, and 23 km from Dénia. Just 7.5 km from the town, in the direction of La Vall d'Ebo in an ancient Morisco site, Pla de Petracos, there are paintings over 8000 years old and UNESCO has designated it a protected world site of cultural interest. The town of Benigembla is also of Moorish origin, like most towns in the Pop Valley. In 1609 more than 14,000 Moors of the Pop Valley that resisted the decree of expulsion, and they gathered in the mountain of El Cavall Verd or el Pop. At the end, the Moors gave up because they were running out of food, water, and basic supplies. After giving up, most of the Moors were expelled after suffering high casualties.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kiko Femenía

Spanish association football player

Carlos Ruano Llopis

Spanish painter and illustrator, 1879-1950

José Perelló Torrens

Spanish politician (1885–1955)

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Enrique Colom

Spanish and Chilean priest and theologian

J

Juan Pastor Marco

Spanish politician (1951-2020)

C

Camilo Pérez Pastor

Spanish politician (1843-1926)

J

Joan Barral i Pastor

Spanish politician

V

Vicente Ballester Far

A

Antonio Reig Guerri

politician

E

Eduardo Sirera Blanco

Spanish Valencian pilotari

I

Isa Tròlec

Spanish writer

I

Isabel García i Canet

Spanish poet

J

José Vicente Riera Calatayud

Valencian pilotari

J

Juan Sala Feliu

politician

T

Tomàs Buigues Mestre

Spanish Valencian pilotari

Àngel Reig Sànchez

Spanish Valencian pilotari

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• Murla
  1.5 mi away · pop. 317
• Fleix
  1.6 mi away · pop. 161
• Parcent
  2.5 mi away · pop. 691
• Orba
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,216
• Alcalalí
  3.7 mi away · pop. 412
• Tormos
  3.8 mi away · pop. 270
• Tàrbena
  4.2 mi away · pop. 450
• La Vall d'Ebo
  4.5 mi away · pop. 216
• Castell de Castells
  5 mi away · pop. 386
• el Ràfol d'Almúnia
  5.5 mi away · pop. 444
• Benimeli
  6 mi away · pop. 429
• Sanet y Negrals
  6.1 mi away · pop. 530

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Antirrhinum controversum

Antirrhinum controversum

Seen 2026-09-25

Kermes oak

Quercus coccifera

Seen 2026-09-25

Tunicflower

Petrorhagia saxifraga

Seen 2026-09-25

arabian pea

Bituminaria bituminosa

Seen 2026-09-25

Cut-leaved lavender

Lavandula multifida

Seen 2026-09-25

Hare's Tail Grass

Lagurus ovatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Friar's-cowl

Arisarum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-25

Mediterranean buckthorn

Rhamnus lycioides

Seen 2026-09-25

butcher's-broom

Ruscus aculeatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers