La Font de la Figuera

La Font de la Figuera
Municipality
Fuente la Higuera
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 38°48′20″N 0°52′46″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Costera
Judicial district	Xàtiva
Government
• Alcalde	Vicent Muñoz i Jordà (2015) (Compromís)
Area
• Total	84.34 km^2 (32.56 sq mi)
Elevation	553 m (1,814 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	2,038
• Density	24/km^2 (63/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Fuentehiguerense, fontí/-ina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46630
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	lafontdelafiguera.net

La Font de la Figuera (Valencian pronunciation: [la ˈfɔnd de la fiˈɣeɾa]; Spanish: Fuente la Higuera [ˈfwente lajˈɣeɾa]) 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. "6 Christmas traditions so strange they're borderline scarring". CNN. December 21, 2016.

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• La Font de la Figuera Town Hall site