Novelda

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Novelda

Image:Escudo de Novelda.gif	Image:Sin bandera.svg
Image:Localització de Novelda respecte el País Valencià.png Location in the Valencian Community, Spain
Image:Localització de Novelda respecte el Vinalopó Mitjà.png Location in the comarca Vinalopó Medio

Province

Alicante

Comarca

Vinalopó Medio

Demonym
• Spanish
• Catalan

noveldense
Noveldec, -a

Postcode

03660

Coordinates

38°25′N 0°45′E

Area

75.7 km²

Altitude

241 m

Distance to Alicante

28 km

Establishment

Population (2005)
• Total
• Density

26,233 inhabitants
346.53 people/km²

Mayor

José Rafael Sáez Sánchez (PP)

Judicial district

Novelda

Language

Valencian

Market days

Major festivals

Website

http://www.ayto-novelda.es

Novelda is a town located in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 75.7 km² and, according to the 2003 census, a total population of 25,399 inhabitants.

Novelda has important quarries and mines of marble, limestone, silica, clay and gypsum.

It was probably settled by Greeks, although it was controlled by Carthaginians and Romans. Some centuries after it was reconquered by a son of Ferdinand III of Castile. The Spanish sailor Jorge Juan y Santacilia was born in Novelda.

Some places of tourist interest in Novelda are the monastery of Santa María Magdalena (dated from the 19th century), the castle of the Mola and the Museum of Modernism.

[edit] External links

Novelda Online, in Spanish.

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