Valencian Community

The **Valencian Community** (Valencian: _Comunitat Valenciana_), also unofficially called the **Valencian Country** (_País Valencià_), is an autonomous community in the eastern Spain with a population of around 5,000,000. Its capital and biggest city is Valencia, with a population of nearly 800,000 people.

## Demographics

The second-largest city of the Valencian Community is Alicante, with a population of 332,000. The city of Elche, located in the Alicante province, is an important industrial centre, with a population of 230,000. Castellón de la Plana, the capital of the Castellón province, have a population of around 170,000.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Valencian Community
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous community
- **image alt**: Flag of the Valencian Community
- **image flag**: Bandera de la Comunidad Valenciana (2x3).svg
- **flag size**: 125px
- **flag alt**: Flag of the Valencian Community
- **image shield**: Escudo de la Comunidad Valenciana.svg
- **shield size**: 100x100px
- **shield alt**: Coat-of-arms of the Valencian Community
- **anthem**: _Himne de l'Exposició, Himne de València_

- **image map**:
- **map caption**: Location of the Valencian Community within Spain
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Valencia
- **parts type**: Provinces of Spain, Provinces
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Province of Alicante, Alicante
- **p2**: Province of Castellón, Castellón
- **p3**: Province of Valencia, Valencia
- **government type**: Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy
- **governing body**: Generalitat Valenciana
- **leader party**: Socialist Party of the Valencian Country, PSPV-Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, PSOE
- **leader title**: President of the Valencian Government, President
- **leader name**: Ximo Puig
- **area total km2**: 23255
- **area rank**: List of Spanish autonomous communities by area, 8th (4.6% of Spain)
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 5057353
- **population blank1 title**: Pop. rank
- **population blank1**: List of Spanish autonomous communities by population, 4th (10.6% of Spain)
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**:

- **timezone**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **blank name sec1**: Official languages
- **blank info sec1**: Valencian language, Valencian and Spanish language, Spanish
- **blank1 name sec1**: Statute of Autonomy
- **blank1 info sec1**: 1 July 1982
10 April 2006
- **blank2 name sec1**: Patron Saint
- **blank2 info sec1**: Vincent Ferrer
- **blank name sec2**: Legislature
- **blank1 name sec2**: Parliament
- **blank1 info sec2**: Corts Valencianes
- **blank2 name sec2**: Congress of Deputies (Spain), Congress
- **blank2 info sec2**: 32 deputies (out of 350)
- **blank3 name sec2**: Spanish Senate, Senate
- **blank3 info sec2**: 17 senators (out of 265)
- **blank4 name sec2**: Human Development Index, HDI (2018)
- **blank4 info sec2**: 0.882
 · List of Spanish autonomous communities by Human Development Index, 11th
- **postal code type**: ISO 3166 code
- **postal code**: ES-VC
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Spain, Area code
- **area code**: +34 96
- **website**: [http://www.gva.es/ Generalitat Valenciana]
- **footnotes**: 1. According to the current Statute of Autonomy, legislation the official name is in Valencian ***Comunitat Valenciana***.