Ontinyent

Ontinyent
Onteniente
Municipality

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Ontinyent
Ontinyent (Valencian Community)
Ontinyent
Ontinyent (Spain)
Coordinates: 38°49′20″N 0°36′26″W / 38.82222°N 0.60722°W / 38.82222; -0.60722Coordinates: 38°49′20″N 0°36′26″W / 38.82222°N 0.60722°W / 38.82222; -0.60722
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Valencian Community
Province Valencia
Comarca Vall d'Albaida
Judicial district Ontinyent
Government
 • Alcalde Jorge Rodríguez Gramage (2011) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
 • Total 125.4 km2 (48.4 sq mi)
Elevation 382 m (1,253 ft)
Population (2008)
 • Total 100,269
 • Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) ontinyentí, ontinyentina
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 46870
Official language(s) Spanish and Valencian
Website Official website

Ontinyent ( Valencian: [ontiˈɲent]) is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Clariano or Ontinyent, a tributary of the Xúquer, and on the Xàtiva–Alcoi railway.[1]

Ontinyent has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodòver. By 1910 there was a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. In 1910 linen and woolen cloth, paper, brandy, furniture and earthenware were manufactured; and there was some trade in cereals, wine, almonds and olive oil.[1]

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  1. 1 2  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Onteniente". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 118.


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