Requena-Utiel Explained

Requena-Utiel
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Valencia / València
Seat Type:Capital
Seat: Requena
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:coll
P1:Camporrobles, Caudete de las Fuentes, Chera, Fuenterrobles, Requena, Sinarcas, Utiel, Venta del Moro, Villargordo del Cabriel
Area Total Km2:1721.03
Population Total:39053
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Requena-Utiel (pronounced as /es/; ca-valencia|'''Plana d'Utiel''' pronounced as /ca-valencia/) is a comarca currently in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The area was transferred to this province in 1851, as a result of a reform of the 1833 territorial division of Spain; before that it was a part of the Crown of Castile and of the former province of Cuenca. The inhabitants of the comarca have traditionally been monolingual in Spanish, i.e. they are not Valencian speakers.

Chera, now officially included in Requena-Utiel according to the current administrative division pattern of the Valencian Community, was geographically and historically part of Los Serranos comarca.[1]

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Transport

The comarca is served by Requena-Utiel railway station on the AVE high-speed rail line from Madrid to Valencia. The C-3 line of the Cercanías Valencia commuter rail network makes stops in Requena, San Antonio de Requena and Utiel.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.encherate.com/chera/historia.php Historia de Chera