La Font de la Figuera | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Official Name: | Fuente la Higuera |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Valencia#Spain Valencia#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Province of Valencia##Location in the Valencian Community##Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Costera |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Xàtiva |
Coordinates: | 38.8056°N -0.8794°W |
Elevation M: | 553 |
Area Total Km2: | 84.34 |
Population Demonym: | Fuentehiguerense, fontí/-ina |
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: | 46630 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Vicent Muñoz i Jordà (2015) |
Leader Party: | Compromís |
La Font de la Figuera (pronounced as /la ˈfɔnd de la fiˈɣeɾa/; Spanish; Castilian: Fuente la Higuera pronounced as /es/) 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. News: 6 Christmas traditions so strange they’re borderline scarring . CNN . December 21, 2016 .