Valencian Community

The Valencian Community is an <a href="/facts/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain/tkAEH5bh">autonomous community</a> of <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a>. It is the fourth most populous Spanish <a href="/facts/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain/tkAEH5bh">autonomous community</a> after <a href="/facts/Andalusia/nkw5oWrL">Andalusia</a>, <a href="/facts/Catalonia/p2KeGXbf">Catalonia</a> and the <a href="/facts/Community_of_Madrid/8YxtpVoc">Community of Madrid</a> with more than five million inhabitants. Its <a href="/facts/Eponym/2q9tXlTQ">eponymous</a> capital <a href="/facts/Valencia/D9L6z2HB">Valencia</a> is the third largest city and metropolitan area in Spain. It is located along the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean</a> coast on the east side of the <a href="/facts/Iberian_Peninsula/ztFXI8zt">Iberian Peninsula</a>. It borders <a href="/facts/Catalonia/p2KeGXbf">Catalonia</a> to the north, <a href="/facts/Aragon/IfEzbqzI">Aragon</a> and <a href="/facts/Castilla%25E2%2580%2593La_Mancha/YpxvN97d">Castilla–La Mancha</a> to the west, and <a href="/facts/Region_of_Murcia/Gnv0FFk7">Murcia</a> to the south, and the Balearic Islands are to its east. The Valencian Community is divided into three <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Spain/nw4PG6nM">provinces</a>: <a href="/facts/Province_of_Castell%25C3%25B3n/Ikf90wt9">Castellón</a>, <a href="/facts/Province_of_Valencia/G0IpoMQR">Valencia</a> and <a href="/facts/Province_of_Alicante/JbVxzCVx">Alicante</a>.
According to Valencia's <a href="/facts/Statute_of_Autonomy/5FmHErBY">Statute of Autonomy</a>, the Valencian people are a <a href="/facts/Nationalities_and_regions_of_Spain/1Doj3YPj">"historical nationality"</a>. Their origins date back to the <a href="/facts/Conquest_of_Valencia_(1238)/etswH2rb">1238 Aragonese conquest</a> of the <a href="/facts/Taifa_of_Valencia/lKF2FrQQ">Taifa of Valencia</a>. The newly-founded <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Valencia/XwSawbl9">Kingdom of Valencia</a> enjoyed its own legal entity and administrative institutions as a component of the <a href="/facts/Crown_of_Aragon/sGEyzVrH">Crown of Aragon</a>, under the purview of the <a href="/facts/Furs_of_Valencia/QyUdDFUp">Furs of Valencia</a>. Valencia experienced its Golden Age in the 15th century, as it became the Crown's economic capital. Local institutions and laws continued during the dynastic union of the <a href="/facts/Habsburg_Spain/YDSCuG3x">early modern Spanish Monarchy</a>, but were suspended in 1707 as a result of the <a href="/facts/Spanish_War_of_Succession/j3nQP1S1">Spanish War of Succession</a>. <a href="/facts/Valencian_nationalism/xHuSNhh1">Valencian nationalism</a> emerged towards the end of the 19th century, leading to the modern conception of the Valencian Country. The current autonomous community under the <a href="/facts/Generalitat_Valenciana/Ld9223HM">Generalitat Valenciana</a> self-government institution was established in 1982 after the <a href="/facts/Spanish_transition_to_democracy/64DBlyPd">Spanish Transition</a>.
Official languages are Spanish and <a href="/facts/Valencian_language/lG6lE8po">Valencian</a> (the official and traditional name used in the Valencian Community to refer to what is commonly known as the <a href="/facts/Catalan_language/W2uTbK8Q">Catalan language</a>). As of 2024, the population of the Valencian Community comprised 10.9% of the Spanish population.

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