Llanera de Ranes explained

Llanera de Ranes
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:Costera
Subdivision Type4:Judicial district
Subdivision Name4:Xàtiva
Coordinates:38.9944°N -0.5753°W
Elevation M:140
Area Total Km2:9.3
Population Demonym:Llanerano/a
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:46814
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:Vicente Sanchis Bonete

Llanera de Ranes is a municipality in the comarca of Costera in the Valencian Community, Spain.

The town is located on some flat terrain of the left bank of the Cañoles river. Now a community of 1,000 people, the municipality is quite old. The town had 44 houses in 1646. When the Moors were driven out of Spain around 1700, the village became almost a ghost town. In 1743 there was a serious earthquake that killed many people in the village. As a result of the disaster, the town of Torrent de Fenollet was annexed, which had been practically emptied by the earthquake. In 1794, the population of Llanera de Ranes had climbed to 500, and 1897 that had risen to 840.[1]

Major crops grown are citrus (150 Ha), various vegetables, corn and tubers in irrigated lands; olives (150 Ha), carob, grapes, and cereals are grown in the unirrigated areas.

Modern population

!1990 !! 1992 !! 1994 !! 1996 !! 1998 !! 2000 !! 2002 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2007

970 963 1,002 1,056 1,013 992 1,136 1,059 1,056 1,077

Notes and References

  1. http://www.valencians.com/valencia/lc/llaneraderanes/ "Llanera De Ranes"