| Caudete | |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Spanish |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Caudete |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Castile-La Mancha#Spain |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 38.7044°N -0.9881°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
| Subdivision Name1: | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Albacete |
| Leader Party: | PP |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Moisés López Martínez |
| Area Total Km2: | 142 |
| Elevation M: | 557 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 02660 |
| Area Code: | +34 (Spain) + 967 (Albacete) |
| Website: | www.caudete.es |
Caudete (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha. It has a population of 10.163 (From INE 2015). It is part of the Altiplanicie de Almansa comarca.
Following its Christian conquest in 1240, Caudete became part of the Crown of Castile as result of the Treaty of Almizra, featuring a mudéjar population. It later passed to the Crown of Aragon, and the first Christian settlers arrived after a charter was granted in 1305.
There were ongoing disputes between Caudete and nearby Villena over control of the Alhorines Valley, an important wheat-growing area.
On the wake of the, the town was besieged and taken by force by Castile. It was reincorporated to Aragon on 22 October 1436. Caudete became part of the land of Ontinyent in 1446.
Caudete, which favoured the Bourbon side at the early stages of the War of the Spanish Succession, eventually came to support the Austracist side. As a result of siding with the loser faction, Caudete lost his local autonomy and was annexed to Villena in 1707.
Until the 19th century the dominant language in the municipality was Valencian with some aspects of Aragonese. Since then the region has undergone forceful linguistic substitution by Spanish similar to what happened in the Valencian comarca of Vega Baja del Segura. Today the principal language is Spanish with some Valencian words.Caudete is famous for its Moros y Cristianos festival in September.