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Valencia, known officially in Valencian as València, is the capital and largest city of the Valencian Community and the province of the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 824,340, it is the third most-populous city in Spain. The urban area of Valencia has 1.6 million people while the metropolitan region has 2.5 million.
Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC as
"Valentia Edetanorum". As an autonomous city in late antiquity, its militarization followed the onset of the threat posed by the Byzantine presence to the South, together with effective integration to the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in the late 6th century. Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. With the Aragonese Christian conquest in 1238, the city became the capital of the Kingdom of Valencia.
Due to trade with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Italian ports, and other Mediterranean locations, the city thrived in the 15th century and Valencia had become one of the largest European cities by the end of the century. The emergence of the Atlantic World affected Mediterranean trade in the global trade networks and, along with insecurity created by Barbary piracy throughout the 16th century. The 16th century had been notable for the large number of religious foundations which, according to one estimate, suggested that one third of its area had been occupied by religious buildings. The city's economic activity suffered a crisis following the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609.
The city became a major silk manufacturing centre in the 18th century.
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Valencia · 66,570 leases | €681/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Valencia | €646/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Valencia | €2,973/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Valencia | €40,058/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 189 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.790/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 189 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.843/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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