Santa Magdalena de Polpís

Municipality

Coat of arms

Santa Magdalena de Polpís

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 40°21′21″N 0°18′10″E / 40.35583°N 0.30278°ECoordinates: 40°21′21″N 0°18′10″E / 40.35583°N 0.30278°E

Country

Spain

Vinaròs

Area

• Total

66.5 km² (25.7 sq mi)

Elevation

123 m (404 ft)

Population (2009)

• Total

873

• Density

13/km² (34/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Magdalener, Magdalenera

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

12597

Official language(s)

Valencian

The church façade at Santa Magdalena de Polpís.

The castle of Santa Magdalena de Polpís seen from the southeast.

Santa Magdalena de Polpís (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈsanta maɡdaˈlena ðe poɫˈpis], Spanish: Santa Magdalena de Pulpis) is a town and municipality in the Baix Maestrat comarca, province of Castelló, Valencian Community, Spain.

The town is located inland in a flat valley between the two mountain ranges of Serra d'Irta and Serra de les Talaies. It is a rural dryland farming town with only marginal industrial activity, where the main cultivation is olive, almond and carob trees, as well as some orange trees in irrigated patches. There is no river in the valley, instead the water emerges in natural ponds known as basses.^[1]

The main celebration in Santa Magdalena de Polpís is the Festes patronals in honor of Saint Mary Magdalene.

History

Like neighboring Alcalà de Xivert its castle was an important bulwark in Moorish times and a village developed at the feet of the castle, eventually giving origin to the present-day town.

Santa Magdalena de Polpís suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) when the fascist troops tried to split the Spanish Republican government territory in two and reach the Mediterranean coast cutting across the Talaies.^[2]

References

External links

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Municipalities of Baix Maestrat

Alcalà de Xivert Benicarló Càlig Canet lo Roig Castell de Cabres Cervera del Maestre La Jana Peníscola/Peñíscola La Pobla de Benifassà Rossell La Salzadella San Rafael del Río Sant Jordi/San Jorge Sant Mateu Santa Magdalena de Polpís Traiguera Vinaròs Xert/Chert

Municipalities of the province of Castellón

Aín Albocàsser Alcalà de Xivert Alcúdia de Veo Alfondeguilla Algimia de Almonacid Almassora Almedíjar Almenara Alquerías del Niño Perdido Altura Arañuel Ares del Maestrat Argelita Artana Atzeneta del Maestrat Ayódar Azuébar Barracas Bejís Benafer Benafigos Benassal Benicarló Benicàssim Benlloch Betxí Borriol Borriana Cabanes Canet lo Roig Castell de Cabres Castellfort Castellnovo Castellón de la Plana Castillo de Villamalefa Catí Caudiel Cervera del Maestre Chilches Chodos Chóvar Cinctorres Cirat Cortes de Arenoso Costur Culla Càlig El Toro Eslida Espadilla Fanzara Figueroles Forcall Fuente la Reina Fuentes de Ayódar Gaibiel Geldo Herbés Higueras Jérica La Jana L'Alcora La Llosa La Mata de Morella La Pobla de Benifassà La Pobla Tornesa La Salzadella La Serra d'en Galceran La Torre d'En Besora La Vall d'Uixó La Vilavella Les Coves de Vinromà Lucena del Cid Ludiente Matet Moncofa Montanejos Montán Morella Navajas Nules Olocau del Rey Onda Orpesa Palanques Pavías Peníscola Pina de Montalgrao Portell de Morella Puebla de Arenoso Ribesalbes Rossell Sacañet San Jorge Sant Mateu San Rafael del Río Santa Magdalena de Pulpis Sant Joan de Moró Sarratella Segorbe Soneja Sot de Ferrer Sueras Tales Teresa Tírig Todolella Toga Torás Torralba del Pinar Torreblanca Torrechiva Torre Endoménech Traiguera Les Useres Vallat Vall d'Alba Vall de Almonacid Vallibona Vilafamés Vilanova d'Alcolea Vilar de Canes Villafranca del Cid Villahermosa del Río Villamalur Villanueva de Viver Vila-real Villores Vinaròs Vistabella del Maestrazgo Viver Xert Zorita del Maestrazgo Zucaina

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