Burriana () or Borriana () is a

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in eastern

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, in the

province of Castellón Castellón (); co-officially in ) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east. T ...

, part of the

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. Its population exceeds 34,000. The town is located by the

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, at the lowest region of the

Plana Baixa Plana Baixa (; ) is a '' comarca'' in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The main source of water for irrigation in the area is the Millars River. Municipalities The ''comarca'' is composed of 20 municipalities A mun ...

, surrounded by orange tree fields watered by the

Millars River The Mijares or Millars (, , ) is a river in Aragon and the Valencian Community, eastern Spain. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Almassora and Burriana. The Mijares River marks the southernmost limit of the Catalan Mediterranean System. ...

. It has about 15 km of coastline, including Burriana's principal beach "El Arenal", one of the most attractive spots, especially during the summer. "El Arenal" has about 2 km of seashore, has been awarded the blue flag, which recognizes its magnificent sand and water thanks to the treatments carried out by the city council. The seaside is 1.5 km from the center of the town. During the summer, the seaside population can triple due to vacationers and from locals from the center of the town moving into the seaside. The town is reachable from Castelló de la Plana through the CV-18 or the N-340 routes. In literature, Burriana is briefly described by

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in the book, ''

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''. As a young man, Michener landed there as a part of a ship crew. The merchant vessel was there to collect oranges for the Scottish

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industry. Oranges, after being loaded into metal barrels, were dragged out to sea by bulls. The town displays many memorial spots dedicated to James A. Michener, such as a street and a sign that quotes one of his passages, where he expresses his first sight of Borriana as he approached land from the sea. The town was once home to a

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community, which settled in Burriana after the Christian reconquest of the area in 1233. During the expulsion of the Muslims and Jews in 1492, Jews left to the nearby port of

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Villages

* Burriana town proper * Les Alqueries de Santa Bàrbara * El Port de Borriana (Burriana harbor) * El Grau de Borriana * La Serratella * Les Alqueries del Ferrer * Poblats marítims * Virrangues (uninhabited)

Main sights

*Church of ''El Salvador'' (13th century), with an apse in early Gothic style, and Romanesque elements as well. The bell tower is from the 15th century. *Sea Tower (16th century) *Modernist House *Underwater Archaeology Center *Clot de la Mare de Déu natural park * Orange Museum *Municipal Archaeology Museum

Notable people

* Juan Bautista Soler Martí (1879–1936); businessman, alcalde of Burriana (1930–1931), co-responsible for rapid upgrade of the port infrastructure *

Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió Jaime Chicharro Sánchez-Guió (1889–1934) was a Spanish Liberal-Conservative Party (Spain), Conservative and Carlism, Carlist politician. He is known mostly as the moving spirit behind turning a fishing bay in Burriana into a modern port, facil ...

(1889–1934); politician and entrepreneur, heavily contributed to development of the Burriana harbor *

Juan Granell Pascual Juan Granell Pascual (1902-1962) was a Spanish politician, official and businessman. Politically he first supported the Carlist cause and served in the Republican Cortes in 1933–1936. After the Civil War he turned into a militant and zealous F ...

(1902–1962); politician and official, during early Francoism promoted and secured new investments in railways, roads, streets, port, education, sewage and other municipal infrastructure * Enric Monsonís Domingo (1931–2011); liberal politician, served as the head of the Pre-autonomous Council of the Valencian Country from 1979 to 1982. * Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1907–1994);

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of the Roman Catholic Church, served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983. * Mercedes Sanchordi (1969–2018); town councillor and member of the

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Twin towns

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, Spain

References

External links

Official websiteBurriana news

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