Església de Sant Miquel de Canet lo Roig

Canet lo Roig () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''comarca'' of Baix Maestrat in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...

, Spain. The

Serra de Sant Pere ''Serra de Sant Pere'' (Saint Peter's Range) (, es, Sierra del Solá) or Serra del Solà is a long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Tossal de Sant Pere (541 m). The slopes are covered ...

rises southeast of the town and the Cérvol River flows north of it. The

Moles de Xert Moles de Xert (, es, Muelas de Chert) is a long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Country, Spain. Its highest point is Mola Gran (806 m). The other main summits are ''Mola Murada,'' a breast-shaped hill, ''Moleta Redona'' ...

rise west of Canet, on the right side of the road between this town and Xert. It is an agricultural town surrounded by cultivated plots, mainly almond,

carob The carob ( ; ''Ceratonia siliqua'') is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible fruit pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and lands ...

and olive trees, as well as some cereal fields. The population of the town is under 900. Canet lo Roig is part of the

Taula del Sénia The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region ...

free association of municipalities. Canet lo Roig has its own "village language", like most rural villages, but inhabitants speak Valencian and Spanish.

References

External links

Página web de Canet lo Roig

Ple de l'Ajuntament Canet lo Roig

Institut Valencià d'Estadística

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