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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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Where to sleep in Chiva

5 registered places to stay

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Chiva at a glance

Distance to a city
Torrent, 22 km away
The nearest city of over 50,000 people (90,928 inhab.)
Valencia, the provincial capital, 29 km away
As the crow flies: further by road.
Population
17,951 inhabitants
INE population register, 2025
Connections and getting around
Bus: 31 stops in the village
Train: Chiva, 1 km away
Airport: Valencia, 20 km away
Stops and stations from OpenStreetMap; distances as the crow flies.
Grants and subsidies
Where to look for them
Regional government website (Comunidad Valenciana)
Official grants search (BDNS)
Youth Rent Allowance (Ministry of Housing)
Local work
No offers listed right now
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Housing
Rent: €430/month
Municipal median, 2024
Buying: €1,980/m² (appraised value, provincial average)
Where each figure comes from
Healthcare
2 health centres
7 pharmacies
Education
3 nursery schools
5 primary schools
1 secondary school
Sports facilities
57 in the village
Connectivity
Fibre in 89% of homes
4G in 96%
5G in 97%

Useful information

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

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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.

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Connectivity

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

No data on: 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. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Housing

Right now nobody has listed a home or land in Chiva. Rental and purchase prices for the area are under “Cost of living”.

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Cost of living

Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.

Cost of living in Chiva, with the source of each figure
Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Chiva · 780 leases€430/month
Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Chiva€719/month
Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Valencia€1,980/m²
Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Chiva€38,986/year
Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km€1.746/litre
DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 17 petrol stations within 10 km€1.835/litre

Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.

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