Santa Magdalena de Polpís

Santa Magdalena de Polpís (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈsanta maɡdaˈlena ðe polˈpis], Spanish: Santa Magdalena de Pulpis) is a town and municipality in the Baix Maestrat comarca, province of Castelló, Valencian Community, Spain.

Santa Magdalena de Polpís
Municipality
Coat of arms
Santa Magdalena de Polpís
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 40°21′21″N 0°18′10″E
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceCastelló
ComarcaBaix Maestrat
Judicial districtVinaròs
Area
 • Total66.5 km2 (25.7 sq mi)
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total761
 • Density11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Magdalener, Magdalenera
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
12597
Official language(s)Valencian
The church façade at Santa Magdalena de Polpís.
The castle of Santa Magdalena de Polpís seen from the southeast.

The town is located inland in a flat valley between the two mountain ranges of Serra d'Irta and Serra de les Talaies. It is a rural dryland farming town with only marginal industrial activity, where the main cultivation is olive, almond and carob trees, as well as some orange trees in irrigated patches. There is no river in the valley, instead the water emerges in natural ponds known as basses.[2]

The main celebration in Santa Magdalena de Polpís is the Festes patronals in honor of Saint Mary Magdalene.

History

Like neighboring Alcalà de Xivert its castle was an important bulwark in Moorish times and a village developed at the feet of the castle, eventually giving origin to the present-day town.

Santa Magdalena de Polpís suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) when the fascist troops tried to split the Spanish Republican government territory in two and reach the Mediterranean coast cutting across the Talaies.[3]

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Paco González Ramírez - El País Valencià, poble a poble, comarca a comarca
  3. Abril del 38 (III part) (in Spanish)
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