Plana Alta

Plana Alta
Comarca
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
Province Castellón / Castelló
Capital
and largest city		 Castellón de la Plana
Municipalities
17 municipalities
Area
 • Total
938 km2 (362 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total
252,828
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Plana Alta (Valencian: [ˈplana ˈalta]; Spanish: [ˈplana ˈalta]) is a comarca in the province of Castellón in the Valencian Community, Spain. The largest town in the comarca is Castellón de la Plana, which is also the capital and largest town in the province.

Municipalities

The comarca comprises 17 municipalities, listed below with their populations at the 2001 and 2011 Censuses and according to the latest official estimates:

Name Population
(2001)[2] 		Population
(2011)[3] 		Population
(2019)[4]
Almassora 17,331 25,522 26,270
Benicàssim 12,456 18,178 18,192
Benlloc 901 1,153 1,033
Borriol 3,812 5,210 5,360
Cabanes 2,473 2,951 2,958
Castellón de la Plana 147,667 176,298 171,728
Les Coves de Vinromà 1,818 1,988 1,823
Oropesa del Mar/Orpesa 4,287 9,733 9,076
La Pobla Tornesa 581 1,142 1,211
Sant Joan de Moró 1,863 2,977 3,159
Sarratella 93 99 101
La Serra d'en Galceran 1,070 1,050 976
Torre d'en Doménec 229 241 180
Torreblanca 4,790 5,726 5,528
Vall d'Alba 1,943 2,939 2,807
Vilafamés 1,514 1,937 1,842
Vilanova d'Alcolea 640 668 584
Municipalities of Plana Alta (until 2022)

References

  1. ^ Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  2. ^ Census of 1 November 2001: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  3. ^ Census of 1 November 2011: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.
  4. ^ Official estimate as at 1 January 2019: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019.


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