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View of ChivaB25es · CC BY-SA 3.0

Chiva

Town

Chiva is a municipality in the comarca of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community, Spain. It has a population of 16,750 inhabitants (INE 2023). It is a Spanish-speaking town, in which Spanish has the legally recognised linguistic predominance compared to Valencian, co-official regional language of the Valencian Community. Part of the Hoya de Buñol region, it is located 31 kilometres inland following the A3 Highway from the capital of Valencia in direction towards Madrid.

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Chiva has the largest municipal park in Valencia; the mountainous Paraje Natural Municipal Sierra de Chiva, with a surface area of more than 5,500 ha.. This enclave is considered to have ecological, scenic and cultural significance, for which it justified its status as a protected area.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Chiva
Province
Valencia
Population (INE 2025)
17,951
Altitude
279 m
Mayor
Amparo Fort (Partido Popular)
Area (IGN)
178 km²
District
Hoya de Buñol
Postcode
46370
Demonym
chivana / chivano
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo de Chiva
  2. 2Torre de telegrafía óptica de Chiva
  3. 3Torreta de Chiva
  4. 4Estación de Chiva
  5. 5Azud de la Presa del Poyo
  6. 6Balsa del Molino del Tío Bonifacio
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino de Santiago de la Lana de Valencia
  2. 2Paraje Natural Municipal Serra Perenxisa
  3. 3Paraje Natural Municipal Sierra de Chiva
  4. 4Hiking: Camí Natural Turia - Cabriel
  5. 5Bodega Valsangiacomo
  6. 6Street market
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

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  • B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  • Pacopac · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 5 places to stayIllustrative photo · Unsplash

    Accommodation

    5 places to stay in Chiva

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  • 17 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Jebulon · CC0

    Eat

    17 restaurants in Chiva

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Chiva

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 962 52 00 06
    • Official website: www.chiva.es
    • Website: www.gva.es
    • Email: chiva_alc@gva.es

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes89 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes96 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes97 %

No data on: tourist office, ATMs, street market, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Chiva Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Chiva

5 registered places to stay

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