La Plana de Utiel-Requena is a ''

comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

'' currently in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

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 ...

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. Historically, the ''comarca'' was part of Castile and formed part of the

province of Cuenca Cuenca is one of the five provinces of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. It is located in the eastern part of this autonomous community and covers 17,141 square km. It has a population of 203,841 inhabitants -- the least populated of ...

in the 1833 provincial division of

Javier de Burgos Francisco Javier de Burgos y del Olmo (22 October 1778—22 January 1848) was a Spanish jurist, politician, journalist, and translator. Early life and career Born in Motril, into a noble but poor family, he was destined for a career in the ...

. As such, its inhabitants have been traditionally monolingual in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

and not

Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...

- speakers. However, in 1851 it was merged into the province of Valencia, as a result of its commercial ties with the city of

. Chera, now officially included in Requena-Utiel according to the current administrative division pattern of the Valencian Community, was geographically and historically part of the

Serrans Los Serranos (Valencian: ''Serrans'') is a ''comarca'' in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain. It is part of the Spanish-speaking area in the Valencian Community. Geographically and historically Chera (Xera) was part of this c ...

''comarca''.Historia de Chera
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Municipalities

Camporrobles Camporrobles is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel 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 ...

Caudete de las Fuentes Caudete de las Fuentes is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fo ...

* Chera *

Fuenterrobles Fuenterrobles is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel 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 ...

* Requena *

Sinarcas Sinarcas is a municipality in the Valencian Community (province of Valencia) and is located about one hour's drive inland from the city of Valencia. Primarily an agricultural town, local produce includes grapes, lavender and wheat. There is also ...

Utiel Utiel is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 12,082 inhabitants. The Shrine of El Remedio is located on top of the Sierra de U ...

Venta del Moro Venta del Moro is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth mos ...

Villargordo del Cabriel Villargordo del Cabriel is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Requena-Utiel in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the ...

Transport

The comarca is served by

Requena-Utiel railway station Requena-Utiel railway station is a railway station serving the Spanish towns of Requena and Utiel in the Valencian Community. It is served by the Spanish AVE high-speed rail system, on the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network. History The st ...

on the

AVE ''Alta Velocidad Española'' (''AVE'') is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . As of December 2021, the Spanish high-speed rail network, on part of which the AVE s ...

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line from Madrid to Valencia. The C-3 line of the

Cercanías Valencia Cercanías Valencia ( ca-valencia, Rodalia de València) is the commuter rail service that serves Valencia, Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of RENFE, the former monopoly of rail se ...

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

network makes stops in Requena, San Antonio de Requena and Utiel.

References

External links

Institut Valencià d'Estadística
Comarques of the Valencian Community Geography of the Province of Valencia {{Valencia-geo-stub

Municipalities

Transport

See also

References

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