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Paiporta (Valencian pronunciation: [pajˈpɔɾta]) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Valencia and the Valencian Community. It is part of the comarca of Horta Sud.
Paiporta | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Paiporta Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 39°25′40″N 0°25′6″W / 39.42778°N 0.41833°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Horta Sud |
| Founded | 1676 |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Maria Isabel Albalat Asensi (PSPV-PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 25,309 |
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Paiportí, paiportina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46200 |
| Website | Official website |
Paiporta was billed as the ground zero of the October 2024 floods affecting the province of Valencia.[2] In the town, 45 inhabitants died. In the case of Paiporta and other municipalities of the Valencia metropolitan area, damage was caused by the overflow of the Rambla del Poyo.[3]
Twin towns
editPaiporta is twinned with:
Soliera, Italy
Notable people
edit- Sara Bermell (born 2001), footballer
References
edit- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Al menos 62 muertos en pueblo valenciano epicentro del temporal, muchos en bajos y garajes". Infobae. 1 November 2024.
- ^ "El efecto embudo y el brutal caudal de la rambla del Poyo, claves en el desastre". Levante-EMV. 31 October 2024.
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