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La Font de la Figuera

Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 0°52′46″W / 38.80556°N 0.87944°W / 38.80556; -0.87944
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La Font de la Figuera
Fuente la Higuera
Coat of arms of La Font de la Figuera
La Font de la Figuera is located in Province of Valencia
La Font de la Figuera
La Font de la Figuera
Location in the Province of Valencia
La Font de la Figuera is located in Valencian Community
La Font de la Figuera
La Font de la Figuera
Location in the Valencian Community
La Font de la Figuera is located in Spain
La Font de la Figuera
La Font de la Figuera
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 0°52′46″W / 38.80556°N 0.87944°W / 38.80556; -0.87944
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceValencia
ComarcaCostera
Judicial districtXàtiva
Government
 • AlcaldeVicent Muñoz i Jordà (2015) (Compromís)
Area
 • Total84.34 km2 (32.56 sq mi)
Elevation
553 m (1,814 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,038
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Fuentehiguerense, fontí/-ina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46630
Official language(s)Valencian
Websitelafontdelafiguera.net

La Font de la Figuera (Valencian pronunciation: [la ˈfɔnd de la fiˈɣeɾa]; Spanish: Fuente la Higuera [ˈfwente lajˈɣeɾa]) is a municipality in the comarca of Costera in the Province of Valencia in the Valencian Community, Spain.

The town is famous for its Christmas tradition in which people run through the streets in red underwear. "6 Christmas traditions so strange they're borderline scarring". CNN. December 21, 2016.

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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