Town of vallbona

Puebla de Vallbona (in Valencian and officially La Pobla de Vallbona) is a town and a municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the province of Valencia, in the region of Campo de Turia and the sub-region of La Vallbona, 22.6 km from Valencia. It had a registered population of 25,625 inhabitants in 2022 (INE). It belongs to the second crown of the Valencia metropolitan area.

Toponymy

The original place name, La Pobla de Vallbona, refers to the context of its foundation: it is a pobla (in Spanish 'puebla'), that is, a population center, settled in the region of La Vallbona. This last term literally means 'good valley' in Spanish and is probably related to the fecundity of the area.^{[quote required]} The popular etymology of the term, without historical foundation, is that King Jaime I would have affirmed when he saw the valley: «Vall bona per a un poblament» ('Good valley for a population') or «Quina vall més bona» ('What a good valley').

Geography

Neighboring municipalities

The surface of the municipal area has the shape of an irregular rhombus and is irrigated by the Turia river through the Alguacil, Campés, Primera, Mayor and La Nova irrigation ditches, with the rolls of Chinet and Gallipont. The population is located to the south of the term, mainly on flat lands. It borders with Liria, Olocau, Serra, Bétera, San Antonio de Benagéber, La Eliana, Ribarroja del Turia, Benisanó and Benaguacil.

Border locations

Northwest: Liria	North: Olocau	Northeast: Serra
West: Benaguacil		This: Bétera
Southwest: Benaguacil	South: Ribarroja del Turia	Sureste: San Antonio de Benagéber, La Eliana

Orography

From north to south, three relief units can be distinguished in the Puebla de Vallbona district. the Tos Pelat hill (225 m s. n. m.) on the municipal border with Liria and Olocau. The central band is made up of small hills that extend from the Pla dels Aljups to the Casa Blanca and the neighborhood of Las Ventas, with heights that barely exceed 130 m s. no. m.. To the south it is made up of a plain furrowed with ditches that irrigated the old orchard, at the southern end of which the Gallipont hill slightly protrudes, which marks the limit with Ribarroja del Turia.

History

Bernal House. Historic cason located in a plot occupied since Roman times.

Puebla de Vallbona was founded shortly after the Christian conquest (XIII century) on land near the Muslim town of Benaguacil. It was populated entirely by Christians to counteract the Muslim majority of its surroundings (Ribarroja del Turia, Villamarchante and Benaguacil). In the Dictionary of Madoz (1845-1850) the following description of Puebla de Vallbona and its term appears:

PUEBLA DE VALLBONA: villa with council of the province [...] of Valencia (3 leagues) [...]. Situada in plain land to the O of that city, the winds of the E. [...] It's 500. houses, inclusas those of the neighborhoods of the Ventas and Eliana; those of the town hall and prison, parish church (San Jaime Apostle) [...]; a hermitage (San Sebastián), located 20 minutes to the N of the village and 300 steps from this is the cemetery; the neighbors are a number of public wells that exist in the population, of good quality. [...] The field is orchard of the best quality, watered by the common channel to this villa and that of Benaguacil, which takes the waters of the river Turia through azud. Them roads they lead to Paterna, Benaguacil, Bétera, Valencia and Liria, in regular state. Produce wheat, barley, corn, beans, silk, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables, rice trees are forbidden because of harm to public health; breeding lanars; there are rabbit hunts, hares and perdices, and fishing of barbs and eels. Industry: the agricultural and 2 flour mills [... ] Population: 410 neighbors, 2102 souls.

Madoz Dictionary

Politics

Puebla de Vallbona is governed by a local corporation made up of councilors elected every four years by universal suffrage who in turn elect a mayor. The electoral census is made up of all registered residents in Puebla de Vallbona over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the General Electoral Regime Law, which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the Municipal Corporation of Puebla de Vallbona is made up of 21 councilors. The Puebla de Vallbona City Council is currently chaired by Compromís and consists of 5 councilors from this party, 8 from the PP, 3 from the PSPV, 2 from Cs and 1 from EVPV-ERPV-AS:AC.

Mayors since the 1979 elections

Period	Name	Party
1979-1983	Benjamin March Civera	UCD
1983-1987	Vicente Alba Puertes	OIV
1987-1991	Vicente Alba Puertes	AP
1991-1995	Vicente Alba Puertes	P
1995-1999	Vicente Alba Puertes	P
1999-2003	Vicente Alba Puertes	P
2003-2007	Vicente Alba Puertes (2003-2004) Censorship Motion Guillermo García Báguena (2004-2007)	P PSPV-PSOE
2007-2011	Mari Carmen Contelles Llopis	P
2011-2015	Mari Carmen Contelles Llopis	P
2015-2019	Josep Vicent García Tamarit	Commitments
2019-2023	Josep Vicent García Tamarit	Commitments
2023-	Abel Martí Cervera	P

Demographics

Population

Puebla de Vallbona had 150 families (about 675 inhabitants) at the end of the XVI century, all of them Christians. The expulsion of the Moriscos from the neighboring towns in 1609 caused transfers to abandoned houses and lands (Ribarroja del Turia, Villamarchante and Benaguacil), leaving only 70 families (about 315 inhabitants) in Puebla de Vallbona in 1646 and 60 (about 270 inhabitants) in 1713. The population began to rise again in the 18th century and especially throughout the XIX. The most recent growth is due to the immigration of families from Valencia, who occupy part of the many chalets that have been built in its term.

Neighborhoods and districts

In the municipality of Puebla de Vallbona, in addition to the urban nucleus, there are also the following population centers:

The demographic evolution of these population centers is:

Economy

Garden in the vicinity of Puebla de Vallbona, with the Santiago Apostle tower at the bottom.

The cultivated area has been reduced by half in the last three decades as a result of urban and industrial expansion. Irrigated land increased from 1,661 hectares in 1959 to 1,475 in 1997. The main irrigated crops are citrus (972 ha) and vegetables, such as onions, artichokes, etc. (503 ha) La Eliana on the Mandor ravine, a tributary of the Turia. The dry land has suffered a much greater regression, dropping from 1,306 hectares to only 166 in 1997 (carob, olive and almond trees).

The industry employs 28% of the active population and is dominated by microelectronics, which absorbs 70% of industrial employment, followed by construction materials (13%) and clothing (7%). The rest of the workers are dedicated to the service sector.

Access

Road

The CV-35 highway crosses the municipality of Puebla de Vallbona, which connects the municipality with Liria to the northwest and the city of Valencia to the southeast. The CV-375 highway that connects Benaguacil with La Eliana also crosses the municipality.

Transportation

Intercity bus.

The town has two interurban lines of the commercial brand MetroBús of the Generalitat Valenciana, operated by the company Edetania Bus SA. The lines are the following:

• Line 145: València - Llíria
• Line 245: València - Llíria - Gestalgar

City Bus.

The population also has several urban lines that serve the entire town, the company that operates this service is MassaBús. The lines are:

• Line 1: Nord Zone - Est Zone.
• Line 2: Oest Zone - Sud Zone.

Subway

Likewise, it has a station on Line 2 of MetroValencia in its term: La Pobla de Vallbona.

Heritage

Chapel of San Sebastian, with the figure of the saint in the foreground.

Architectural heritage

• Hermitage of San Sebastian: the current hermitage of San Sebastian is located next to the Calvary of Puebla de Vallbona and has a Gothic pulpit. The building dominates a square with a fountain that presents the figure of San Sebastian in the center. It is well declared of local relevance.

• Hermitage Mas de Tous: dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is rectangular and tiled floor. Zócalo of tiles, barrel vault, and a couple of slender columnites, with corinthian and golden capitals hold the cornisamiento and, on it, the arch fajón with the decorated intrados. The façade is masonry with joints on well-cut stones. It is well declared of local relevance.

• Church of Santiago Apostle: Gothic-style building featuring various eras of construction: centuryXV and XVII. It is decorated with fresco paintings. More advanced time was incorporated elements of neoclassical-corintio style. It is well declared of local relevance.

• Church of the Most Holy Trinity and Saint Joseph: opened on March 24, 1957, the building was built by promotion of the priest Joaquín Barberá Barberá using local labor. It is well declared of local relevance.

• The Bernal House: historic building, the result of different adaptation reforms. It would be the origin of a Roman villa, then an Arab alcheria, a Christian farmhouse, a manor house and finally an urban landlord. The first information regarding a possible construction in that place seems to go back to the Roman era, due to the fact that by this point it passed the original path from Edeta to Cabrassia and Dianium. It is well declared of local relevance.

• The Great House: Casa Gran (in Spanish) Casa Grande) is a building owned by the City Council that was rehabilitated through various grants and training projects such as Workshop Schools and Occupation Workshops, with the aim of forming an Ethnological Museum.

• Cachirulos: This is traditionally called the shelters built by shepherds to protect themselves from the inclement of time. Its origin dates around the centuryXVI.^{[chuckles]required]}

Archaeological heritage

In the municipality of Puebla de Vallbona, archaeological remains have been found, especially from Roman times. Currently there are five protected archaeological spaces in the municipality:

• Archaeological Protection Space of the House of Truckers: remains of a Roman villa, declared well of local relevance.
• Archaeological Protection Space of the Martyrs Square: remains of a Roman cistern, declared well of local relevance.
• Espacio de Protección Arqueológica del Camp del Castellet: remains of a Roman villa, declared well of local relevance.
• Archaeological Protection Space The White House: is declared well of local relevance.
• Roman aqueduct Tram: coming from Benaguacil, it crosses the border of Puebla de Vallbona without being clear whether it is heading to the area of Bétera or Paterna.^{[chuckles]required]} It is declared well of local relevance.

Urbanism

Avenida de Colón, axis that traditionally links the original core with the neighborhood of the Sales.

The town center is made up of two traditionally well-differentiated sectors. To the south is the original nucleus: a villa planned with an orthogonal plan (from 1382) built on the road from Benaguacil to La Eliana, where the church of San Jaime. To the north is the neighborhood of Las Ventas (formerly known as "Ventas del Moro"), on the old road from Liria to Valencia (currently Calle del Poeta Llorente). Joining both nuclei developed the axis of the current Avenida de Colón, although since the beginning of the XX century both helmets have been completely fused. In the west you can find the neighborhood of San José (known as the bario)

Culture

Museums

• Museo La Casa Gran: Collection of an ethnographic character presented in a traditional house that has the dependencies of the traditional activities developed in Puebla de Vallbona: almácera, lagar, cellar, wine shop, stables, the house itself, etc.

Parties

• San Sebastián (faith festivities): during the 20th and 21st of January the festivities are celebrated in their honor. On the first day of the holidays, the transfer of the saint to the hermitage is carried out by a pilgrimage preceded by a carriage full of murtafollowed by the band of trumpets and drums leading to the community and civil, military and ecclesiastical authorities. Once in the hermitage, a solemn Mass is celebrated and when it is finished, the saint is moved back to his parish, accompanied by small mascletas. At dusk, during the two days, a procession takes place in the streets of the population and at the end the fireworks castle takes place.^{[chuckles]required]}

• Virgin of the Rosary (faith festivities): it is held on 6 and 7 October. The holidays begin with the traditional transfer of the virgin from the hermitage of the Virgin of Abundance to the parish of the Holy Trinity the night before the feast. During the two festive days, the queens of the feasts and the courts of honor, accompanied by the Virgin of the Rosary and the Holy Trinity, take place.^{[chuckles]required]}

• San Antonio Abad: is celebrated on 17 January with the traditional blessing of the animals. He walks down the street of San Antonio to the animals and takes them to the feet of the saint, where a priest blesses them. Celebration of the party with despertà, parade, mass, tracas, paellas, cobblers, procession and fireworks castle.

• Judgements: are held from 12 to 19 March. The seven fatal commissions of the village (Trinquet, Hort, Sant Jaume, Josep Antoni, Mercat, Cervantes and Mas de Tous) lift their failed monuments in the streets of the municipality until the day of San José that are pasture of the flames.^{[chuckles]required]} The flaws culminate in the crema.

• San José Obrero: is celebrated on May 1 in the San José neighborhood.^{[chuckles]required]}

Cultural events

• Cultural week: is held from 1 to 15 August; cultural activities are organized, diverse exhibitions, theatre, medieval markets, workshops, courses, conferences, etc.

Sports

Traditionally, trinquete has been played in Puebla de Vallbona and the town has a remodeled and quite active trinquete.

Sports entities

• Atletico Vallbonense: the main football club of the town, in regional preferente.^{[chuckles]required]}