Requena-Utiel | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Comarca |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Requena |
Parts Type: | Municipalities |
Parts Style: | list |
P1: | Camporrobles, Caudete de las Fuentes, Chera, Fuenterrobles, Requena, Sinarcas, Utiel, Venta del Moro, Villargordo del Cabriel |
Area Total Km2: | 1721.03 |
Population Total: | 39053 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | |
Blank Name Sec1: | Largest municipality |
Blank Info Sec1: | Requena |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Requena-Utiel is a comarca currently in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. The area was transferred to this province in 1851, as a result of a reform of the 1833 territorial division of Spain; before that it was a part of the Crown of Castile and of the former province of Cuenca. The inhabitants of the comarca have traditionally been monolingual in Spanish, i.e. they're not Valencian speakers.
Chera, now officially included in Requena-Utiel according to the current administrative division pattern of the Valencian Community, was geographically and historically part of the Serrans comarca.[1]
The comarca is served by Requena-Utiel railway station on the AVE high-speed rail line from Madrid to Valencia. The C-3 line of the Cercanías Valencia commuter rail network makes stops in Requena, San Antonio de Requena and Utiel.