Valencia

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Valencia

Total population

799,829

Air quality index

28Good

Coordinates39.47°, -0.38°

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

Overview

Valencia, known officially in Valencian as València, is the capital of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 824,340, it is the third-largest city in Spain. The urban area of Valencia has 1.6 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Miguel Pallardó

Spanish association football player

B

Bernabé Sanchís Sanz

Spanish musicologist

Josep Manuel Izquierdo Romeu

Spanish composer (1890–1951)

F

Francisco Zacarés Fort

Spanish composer

S

Salvador Chulià Hernàndez

Spanish musicologist

Faustí Barberà i Martí

Spanish physician and professor (1850-1924)

Salva Ruiz

Spanish association football player

Miquel Gil i Alfonso

Spanish singer

A

Amalio Rodríguez

Spanish television director and screenwriter

Carlos Ferris Vila

Elvira García Campos

Spanish politician

F

Francisco Salanova Alfonso

J

Juan Olivares Luque

Spanish painter

María Soledad Ramón Sánchez

Spanish politician

Á

Ángel Sanchís

Spanish politician

M

Marina Nohalez

Spanish footballer

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

Nearby places in Valencian Community

• Tavernes Blanques
  2.6 mi away · pop. 9,789
• Faitanar
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,532
• Almàssera
  3.1 mi away · pop. 7,556
• Carpesa
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,138
• Bonrepòs i Mirambell
  3.4 mi away · pop. 4,118
• Alfafar
  3.5 mi away · pop. 16,165
• Massanassa
  4.3 mi away · pop. 10,627
• Vinalesa
  4.7 mi away · pop. 3,590
• Foios
  4.9 mi away · pop. 7,651
• Albalat dels Sorells
  5.4 mi away · pop. 4,355
• Albuixech
  5.8 mi away · pop. 4,487
• Emperador
  6.2 mi away · pop. 708

Browse all places in Valencian Community →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Valencia

Valencia Y Comunidad Valenciana/ Valencia and the Valencian Community

Juan Antonio Calabuig · 2007

Statue of Autonomy of the Valencian Community

Valencia (Spain : Region) · 2007

Industrial districts and the Valencian community

Josep-Antoni Ybarra · 1991

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cabbage Bug

Eurydema oleracea

Seen 2026-06-27

Egyptian Bird Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

Seen 2026-06-27

greater plantain

Plantago major

Seen 2026-06-27

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Seen 2026-06-27

Decollate Snail

Rumina decollata

Seen 2026-06-27

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-06-27

Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Seen 2026-06-27

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-06-26

Common Asparagus Fern

Asparagus setaceus

Seen 2026-06-26

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Valencia, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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