Utiel

Utiel
Municipality

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Utiel
Location in Spain
Utiel
Utiel (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°34′2″N 1°12′24″W / 39.56722°N 1.20667°W / 39.56722; -1.20667Coordinates: 39°34′2″N 1°12′24″W / 39.56722°N 1.20667°W / 39.56722; -1.20667
Province Valencia
Comarca Requena-Utiel
Judicial district Requena
Government
  Alcalde José Luis Ramírez Ortiz (2011) (PP)
Area
  Total 236.9 km2 (91.5 sq mi)
Elevation 720 m (2,360 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 12,082
  Density 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Utielano, Utielana
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 46300
Official language(s) Spanish
Website Official website

Utiel is a municipality in the comarca of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community, Spain.

According to the 2014 census,[1] the municipality has a population of 12,082 inhabitants.

The Shrine of El Remedio is located on top of the Sierra de Utiel range, near Utiel.[2]

Population centres

  • Utiel town.
  • Las Casas, at the feet of the Sierra de la Bicuerca, with 350 inhabitants.[3]
  • Los Corraleses, about 5 km from Utiel town, with 327 inhabitants
  • Las Cuevas, with 607 inhabitants. The railway station of the Cuenca-Valencia line is located in this village.
  • Estenas, in the Sierra del Negrete, with 34 inhabitants
  • La Torre, about 13 km NW of Utiel town, with 145 inhabitants
  • Other minor settlements include El Remedio, Casas de Medina and El Hontanar.

References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
  2. "Images of The Shrine of El Remedio, near Utiel". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  3. Las Casas de Utiel
  • Media related to Utiel at Wikimedia Commons


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