Elda

Elda
	Elda
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Location in the Valencian Community, Spain
	Location in the comarca Vinalopó Medio
	Coordinates: 38°28′44″N 0°47′48″W / 38.47889°N 0.79667°W
Country	Spain
Province	Alicante
Comarca	Vinalopó Mitjà
Judicial district	Elda
	Government
- Mayor	Adela Pedrosa (PP)
	Area
- Total	44.86 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
Elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
	Population (2006)
- Total	55,138
- Density	1,239/km2 (3,209/sq mi)
- Demonym	Eldense (Spanish); Eldenc, -a (Catalan)
- Language	Spanish
Postcode	03600
Market Days	Tuesday and Saturday
	Distance to Alicante: 39 km (24 mi)
Website	http://www.elda.es/

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ELDA, more correctly ELDA+, is also the acronym for the European Lighting Designers' Association.

ELDA, is also the acronym for the Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency http://www.elda.org/.

For the Greek refrigerated coaster in service from 1967-70, see MV Elda.

Elda is a city located in the province of Alicante, Spain. It has an area of 45.8 square kilometers (17.7 sq mi) and, according to the 2002 census, a total population of 55,571 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a conurbation with over 85,000 inhabitants. The river Vinalopó flows through the urban area of Elda.

Elda is famous for its footwear industry, in particular for women's shoes. Tourist sites include the Footwear Museum, the Archaeological Museum, the Torre del Homenaje del castillo (a tower dating from the 12th century), Castelar Square, Count of Coloma Palace, the Town Hall and the church of Santa Ana. It also celebrates the important festival of Moros y Cristianos.

Local Economy
Elda is worldwide known for being the city where the finest women shoes are made in Spain. Besides this fact, Elda has a wide economy related to the shoe industry such as leather, shoe sole, shoe heel, shoe last, shoe accessories or shoe ornaments businesses. Amongst the Shoe machinery, Sogorbmac, S.L. is one known firm which is specialized in manufacturing shoe machines and distributing air compressors for any kind of factories in the area. They also maintain, fix or repair new or used shoe machines in the vinalopo county where Elche is the other well known city related to this shoe industry.

Sogorbmac, S.L.