Càrcer () is a

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in the ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta in the

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, Spain.

Infrastructure

Education

With a population near 2.120, ''Càrcer'' has a public school's ''Pare Gumilla'', and ''Cárcer High School''. The village also has a music school (Unió Musical Càrcer)

Hospitals

The village has the ''Centre de salut Càrcer'' (Medical Center) and is near from ''Alzira Hospital'' and ''Hospital Lluís Alcanyís de Xàtiva''

Notable people

* José Gumilla, a

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priest who wrote a

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of the

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region

References

Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Ribera Alta (comarca) {{valencia-geo-stub