Ayuntamiento de la Torre d'en Doménec (Castellón)

La Torre d'en Doménec or La Torre dels Domenges ( es, Torre Endoménech) is a small

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 province of Castelló,

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 with ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. The town is located inland close to the mountain range known as

Serra d'en Galceran Serra d'En Galceran (; es, Sierra de Engarcerán) is a mountain range of the Valencian Community, Spain. Geography The main peaks of the range are the 1,078 m high Tossal de la Vila, Penya Blanca (951 m) and Tossal de la Toiola (939 m). This ran ...

that protects the town from the strong northern and eastern wind from the ocean. La Torre d'en Doménec is located about 40 km north of the town of Castelló de la Plana, on the north of the Valencian Community. Historically it used to depend from

Les Coves de Vinromà Les Coves de Vinromà is a municipality located in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the f ...

and from the year 1319 onwards it was under the protection of the Knights of Montesa. Until the 19th century La Torre d'en Doménec depended from neighboring

Vilanova d'Alcolea Vilanova d'Alcolea ( es, Villanueva de Alcolea) is a municipality in the province of Castelló, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located inland 36 km northeast of the town of Castelló de la Plana, on the north of the Valencian Commu ...

parish.

References

External links

Pàgina web oficial de l'Ajuntament de la Torre d'en Doménech

Institut Valencià d'Estadística
Plana Alta Municipalities in the Province of Castellón {{valencia-geo-stub