Ontinyent

Ontinyent
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Vall d'Albaida
Judicial district	Ontinyent
Government
• Alcalde	Jorge Rodríguez Gramage (2011) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
• Total	125.4 km2 (48.4 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	100,269
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	ontinyentí, ontinyentina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46870
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	Official website

Ontinyent (Catalan pronunciation: [ontiˈɲent]) is a municipality in the comarca of Vall d'Albaida in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Clariano or Ontinyent, a tributary of the Xúquer, and on the Xàtiva–Alcoi railway.

Ontinyent has a parish church remarkable for its lofty square tower, and a palace of the dukes of Almodòver. There is a large modern suburb outside the old town, which was formerly a walled city; some vestiges of the ramparts still remain. Linen and woollen cloth, paper, brandy, furniture and earthenware are manufactured; and there is some trade in cereals, wine, almonds and olive oil.

Personalities

• Juan Carlos Ferrero, former world no. 1 tennis player, was born in Ontinyent
• Joaquín Lloréns Fernández de Cordoba, a Carlist soldier and politician, lived in Ontinyent 1879 to 1930.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Comparsa Saudites d'Ontinyent (in English) (en valencià) (en español)
• Ontinyent Tourist Information
• Weather in Ontinyent: Weather information for Ontinyent, as well as prior weather information, maps, and weather-related graphics (Catalan)