Almussafes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Ribera Baixa |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Carlet |
Coordinates: | 39.2903°N -0.4147°W |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.77 |
Population Demonyms: | Almussafenc, almussafenca |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Blank Info Sec1: | Valencian |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 46440 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Toni González (2015) |
Leader Party: | PSOE |
Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Almussafes was originally a Muslim hamlet, consisting of several farmhouses and a tower. There was a customs office there (in Arabic Masaf (Arabic: مصاف), from which the name of the town comes: Almasaf) to collect the transit rights of the merchandise entering and leaving the neighboring city of Valencia.[1] In 1672, it was separated from the Benifaió municipality.
The town of Almussafes is host for an important factory of the Ford Motor Company.