| Mislata | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Valencia#Spain Valencia#Spain |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mislata in the Province of Valencia##Location of Mislata in the Valencian Community##Location of Mislata in Spain |
| Coordinates: | 39.475°N -0.4156°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
| Subdivision Name3: | Horta Oest |
| Subdivision Name4: | Mislata |
| Leader Party: | PSPV |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Carlos Fernández Bielsa (2011-) |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.1 |
| Elevation M: | 29 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Mislatero/a |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 46920 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Spanish, Valencian |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Mislata is a city in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has borders with the city of Valencia and Quart de Poblet in the west and Xirivella in the south.
In recent decades it has gone from being a village in the Horta region of the Valencian Community, to the most densely populated borough in Spain and one of the ten most densely populated in Europe, with a population of 43,363 (2006 figures) spread across 2.1 km2.
This growth has been assisted by better transport communications including the opening of two stations of the Valencian metro on 20 May 1999 in the town which provide a direct connection to the main railway station and the main shopping area in Carrer de Colón. Further extensions westwards to the Valencia airport and the towns of Quart de Poblet and Manises were completed in 2007.
Further construction work which was completed on green belt land in 2005 will further increase Mislata's population density.
The area has been, in a physical sense, almost swallowed up by the encroaching suburbs of Valencia in recent years.
Mislata is well connected with central Valencia. In addition to several bus routes, Mislata now has two metro stations, Mislata and Mislata-Almassil. A third station, Nou d'Octubre is nearby. Mislata is the only town outside the city of Valencia to be categorised as "zone A" by the private taxi system.
In addition to the famous Falles festival which runs from 15 to 20 March, numerous other festivals also take place such as those in honour of Saint Michael Archangel (in September) or Saint Francis of Assisi (in October).
Mislata's main places of interest are the church of the "Mare de Déu dels Àngels" (Virgin of the Angels) and the "Creu Coberta" (Covered Cross) that separates the town from Valencia.
Until 2003, Mislata was controlled by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), either with an absolute majority or with the support of United Left. The People's Party had a majority administration from 2003 until 2011. Since then the PSOE has had an absolute majority.
| 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| United Left (IU) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 7 | |||||||||||
| People's Party (PP) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3 | |||||||||||
| Coalició Compromís (Compromís) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Citizens (Cs) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vox (Vox) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total number of seats | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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