Cullera

Cullera
Town and municipality
Flag of Cullera
Flag
Coat of arms of Cullera
Coat of arms
Cullera is located in Province of Valencia
Cullera
Cullera
Location in Spain
Cullera is located in Valencian Community
Cullera
Cullera
Cullera (Valencian Community)
Cullera is located in Spain
Cullera
Cullera
Cullera (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°9′50″N 0°15′6″W / 39.16389°N 0.25167°W / 39.16389; -0.25167
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityValencian Community
ProvinceValencia
ComarcaRibera Baixa
Government
 • Alcalde (Mayor)Jordi Mayor
Area
 • Total
53.8 km2 (20.8 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (6.6 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)
 • Total
24,702
 • Density459/km2 (1,190/sq mi)
DemonymsCulleran
• cullerà, -ana (Val.)
• cullerense (Sp.)
Official language(s)
Linguistic areaValencian
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46400
WebsiteOfficial website
Torres de San Antonio Resort beach, Cullera

Cullera is a town and municipality of Spain located in the Valencian Community. It is part of the province of Valencia and the Ribera Baixa comarca. The town is situated near the discharge of the river Júcar (Xúcar) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Geography

Cullera is situated at the mouth of the Júcar river, 40 km from the capital of Valencia and 56 km from the International Airport of Valencia.

Areas in Cullera and hamlets

The parts and areas of Cullera are:

Bordering cities

Sueca, Corbera, Llaurí, Favara, Alzira and Tavernes de Valldigna all neighbour Cullera. They are all in the province of Valencia.

Topography

The mountain of Cullera, known as Munt de l'Or or Muntanya de l'Or, is the last mountain in the Iberian System before the Mediterranean Sea. It has an altitude of 233 meters. The historical parts of the city are to the south, and the modern tourist district is to the east, looking to the sea.

The Sant Llorenç lagoon is a small lake situated north of the mountain. It once formed part of a much bigger lake before the lands were drained for agricultural use. The lake now marks the southern limit of the Parc Natural de l'Albufera.

Demographics

Demographic Change
19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010
20,92720,33620,66320,59520,39720,66320,62222,54423,61923,77723,813

Economy

The economy in Cullera is traditionally based in agriculture, with rice and oranges as important crops. Fishing, historically a large part of the economy, has diminished in importance due to important tourism developments, both nationally and internationally, in the region. There is a port in Cullera named Port de Cullera which is connected with a municipal fish market named Llotja de Cullera.

History

In 1911, the events of Cullera took place during which a crowd killed a judge and two of his companions who had discharged their weapons above the crowd. The judge had arrived to suppress a strike that had been declared against the mobilization of workers for the war in Morocco.

Historical and artistic landmarks

Twin towns

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Pronunciation of Cullera:
    Valencian: [kuˈʎeɾa]
    Spanish: [kuˈʎeɾa] ⓘ

References

  1. ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ↑ "Ficha municipal Cullera" [Municipal sketch Cullera] (PDF) (in Spanish). Institut valencià d'estadística. 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Oliver Olmo, Pedro; Gargallo Vaamonde, Luis (2020). "Tortura gubernativa y Estado liberal". In Pedro Oliver Olmo (ed.). La tortura en la España contemporánea. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-84-1352-077-3.
  4. ↑ "El Castillo" (in Spanish). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Parish Church of Los Santos Juanes". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Marenyet Tower". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Museum". Cueva del Dragut. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Museo Temático de la Piratería Cueva-Museo del Pirata Dragut". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Refugio-Museo del Mercado Municipal" (in Spanish). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Ruiz Garnelo, Isabel. Arquitectura de la Modernidad en Cullera: un ejemplo de equilibrio entre el Eclecticismo tardío y el Modernismo popular. In: Jornades d'Estudis de Cullera (Cullera, 8, 9 i 10 de novembre de 2013), 2015, pp. 417-443.
  11. ↑ "Museo Temático-Museo del Arroz" (in Spanish). Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "'Abric Lambert' Cave Paintings". Cullera Turismo. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Twin cities monument". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 17 April 2012.


Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cullera". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 617.