Almassora (; ) is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the ''comarca'' of

Plana Alta Plana Alta (; ) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Castellón in the Valencian Community, Spain. The largest town in the comarca is Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (in ), or simply Castellón (), is the capital city of the prov ...

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

, Spain.

Urbanized areas

* Almassora * La Platja * L'Horta * El Secà * Polígon industrial

History

There are

ancient Iberian The Iberians (, from , ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among others, by Hecataeus of Miletu ...

remains within the municipal term. Its present location is from Muslim origin and it is said that the place received its name from

Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri (), nicknamed al-Manṣūr (, "the Victorious"), which is often Latinized as Almanzor in Spanish, Almansor in Catalan and Almançor in Portuguese ( 938 – 8 August 1002), was ...

'Almansor', the Caliph of Cordova.

James I of Aragon James I the Conqueror ( Catalan/Valencian: ''Jaume I or Jaume el Conqueridor''; Aragonese: ''Chaime I'' ''o Conqueridor''; ; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1 ...

conquered the town from the

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in 1234. the

municipal charter A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (''charter'') establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. Traditionally, the granting of a charter ...

was given in 1237. In 1616 a channel was built to bring the water from 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. ...

to the town And in 1647 the Ermita de Santa Quiteria was built.

Notable people

* Robert Juan-Cantavella * Javi Costa (Javier 'Javi' Costa Estirado), footballer *

Miguel Ángel Tena Miguel Ángel Tena García (born 17 January 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Playing career Born in Almassora, Province of Castellón, Tena joined up-and-coming Villarreal CF in 2003 from neighbou ...

, retired footballer

References

External links

Almassora Town Hall Official Website
Municipalities in the Province of Castellón Plana Alta {{valencia-geo-stub