Valencia

Valencia

*València* (Valencian)
Valencia València (Valencian)
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Valencia Location within Spain Valencia Location within Valencian Community
	Coordinates: 39°28′12″N 00°22′35″W / 39.47000°N 0.37639°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Horta of Valencia
Founded	138 BC
Districts	List Ciutat Vella; Eixample; Extramurs; Campanar; Saïdia; Pla del Real; Olivereta; Patraix; Jesús; Quatre Carreres; Poblats Marítims; Camins al Grau; Algirós; Benimaclet; Pobles del Nord; Pobles de l'Oest; Pobles del Sud;
Government
• Type	Ayuntamiento
• Body	Ajuntament de València
• Mayor	Joan Ribó (since 2015) (Compromís)
Area
• Municipality	134.65 km2 (51.99 sq mi)
• Urban	628.81 km2 (242.78 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population (2020)
• Municipality	801,456
• Density	6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
• Urban	1,595,000
• Metro	2,522,383
Demonym(s)	Valencian; valencià, -ana (va); valenciano, -na (es)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET (GMT))
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST (GMT))
Postcode	46000-46080
ISO 3166-2	ES-V
Website	www.valencia.es

Valencia is a city in Spain, on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital of the Community of Valencia. It has 807,396 people, making it the third-largest city in Spain and the fifteenth in the European Union.

Valencia has a borderline hot semi-arid climate (BSh in the Köppen climate classification) and a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification).