Almussafes

Almussafes
Almussafes
Municipality
	Almussafes town hall
	Coat of arms
	Almussafes Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 39°17′25″N 0°24′53″W / 39.29028°N 0.41472°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Ribera Baixa
Judicial district	Carlet
Government
• Mayor	Toni González (2015) (PSOE)
Area
• Total	10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	8,932
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonyms	Almussafenc, almussafenca
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46440
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	Official website

Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.

History

Almussafes was originally a Muslim hamlet, consisting of several farmhouses and a tower. There was a customs office there (in Arabic Masaf (مصاف), from which the name of the town comes: Almasaf) to collect the transit rights of the merchandise entering and leaving the neighboring city of Valencia.^[2] In 1672, it was separated from the Benifaió municipality.

Facilities

The town of Almussafes is host for an important factory of the Ford Motor Company.

Gallery

Racef Tower [es], (Racef (رصيف) means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.
Church of San Bartolomé.

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Torre Racef" (in Spanish). 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.