Castellón or Castelló is one of the 50 provinces of the Spain, and is in the north of the Région of Valence. It has a population of: 543432 inhabitants and his capital is Castellón of Plana (: 167455 inhabitants).

Its east coast named Costa del Azahar (" azahar" being a Spanish name of Arab origin which wants to say " flower of oranger").

Denomination

In the the Valencian Community, the official designation of the provinces is bilingual.

• Castellón is the official designation in Castillan.

• Castelló is official designation in Valencian.

The code ISO 3166-2 of the Province of Castellón is ES-CS .

History

Since VIIIe century until the first third of XIIIe, the province was with the hands of the Moslems. Jacques Ier the Conqueror conquered it at the expense of the Arab kings of Valence and incorporated it in the Kingdom of Aragon. The first conquest was Morella in 1232, then the following year fell Peñiscola and Castellón of Plana. During the wars Carlistes, the area of Maestrazgo (in north) was a hearth reactionary whereas the capital was the fulcrum of the armies of Isabelle.

Population

The population density of the province of Castellón is of 81,36 hab/km ², slightly lower than the Spanish average (87,41 hab/km ²) and weakest of the three provinces of the Valencian Communauté.

The population is distributed in a very unequal way: the great majority is in Castellón of Plana (30,81% of the provincial population) and in the close localities (Almazora, Benicassim, Villarreal…), i.e., in the south-eastern quarter of the province. The littoral fringe of the north of Castellón also presents important concentrations of population (Vinaroz, Benicarló). On the other hand, the interior, mountainous is practically depopulated, with population densities lower than 20 hab/km ².

According to the INNATE census of 2005,11,97% of the provincial population of foreign nationality was, with three points and half with the top of the national average. The most groups are of Rumanian origin (29.021 listed, is 44,21% of the total from abroad), Moroccan (10.344, 15,76%) and Colombian (3.849, 5,87%).

List communes of the province of Castellón

The province of Castellón has 135 communes.

There is a city of more than 100.000 inhabitants:

• Castellón of Planed Castelló of Plana

There are 10 cities between 10.000 and 50.000 inhabitants (in the decreasing order):

• Villarreal Villa-real

• Burriana Borriana
• Valley of Uxó the Valley of Uixó
• Vinaroz Vinaròs
• Benicarló
• Onda
• Almazora Almassora
• Benicassim Benicàssim
• Nules
• Alcora Alcora

There are 8 cities between 5.000 and 10.000 inhabitants (in the decreasing order):

• Segorbe
• Oropesa del Mar Orpesa
• Alcalá de Chivert Alcalà de Xivert
• Peñíscola Peníscola
• Torreblanca
• Bechí Betxí
• Almenara
• Moncófar Moncofa

List of Comarques of the Province of Castellón

• the Alt Maestrat / El Alto Maestrazgo , capital Albocàsser
• the Alt Palància /, El Alto Palancia capital Segorbe
• El Baix Maestrat , capital Vinaròs
• Els Ports , capital Morella
• the Planed Alta , capital Castelló of Plana

External bonds

• Web of provincial Diputación of Castellón
• the province of Castellón in the Register of Local Entities of the Valencian General information
• Tourism " Castellón-Costa Azahar"
• State of the dams Castellón

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