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Peníscola

municipality of Spain
Place Municipality Of Spain Q845424

Facts

30 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Spain, municipality of the Valencian Community[8]
Inception
600[22]
Official website
www.peniscola.org, peniscola.es[25][26]
Official name
Peníscola, Peñíscola[44][45]

Location

Country
Spain[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.358°, 0.407°
Continent
Europe[7]
Located in or next to body of water
Mediterranean Sea[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Baix Maestrat, Castellón[2][3]
Shares border with
Alcalà de Xivert, Benicarló, Càlig, Cervera del Maestre, Santa Magdalena de Polpís[10][11][12][13][14]

Population and size

Area
+79
Elevation above sea level
+46
Female population
+3763
Male population
+3849
Population
8.8k (4.9k–8.8k, n=25)[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

Codes

Postal code
12598[18]
More facts +14
Part of
Castellón[19]
Coat of arms
coat of arms of Peníscola[17]
Demonym
peniscolana, peniscolà
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
Head of government
Andrés Martínez Castellá[6]
History of topic
history of Peniscola
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Peñíscola[41]
Official language
Catalan[9]
Patron saint
Anthony the Great[21]
Phone number
+34-964-48-00-50[42]
Public holiday
patronal festival[24]
Significant event
Siege of Peñíscola[23]
Twinned administrative body
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Hondarribia[15][16]
Vehicle registration plate code
CS[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peñíscola en Peníscola ar بنشكلة ar بينيسكولا، كاستيلون de Peñiscola de Peníscola de Peniscola el Πενίσκολα es Peníscola fr Peñiscola he פניסקולה id Peníscola ja ペニスコラ nl Peniscola pl Peniscola pl Peñiscola pl Peñíscola pt Penhíscola pt Peñíscola ro Peniscola
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
131357356
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81050017
GND ID
4286574-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Peniscola plages.JPG ↗
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Spain/Autonomous_Communities/Valencian_Community/Castellon/Pe%c3%b1iscola/
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--46761
FactGrid item ID
Adana degli Armeni
Freebase ID
/m/07qkm_
GeoNames ID
6357039
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
peniscola
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0049925
INE code
12089
Show all 22 identifiers +10
INSPIRE ID
ES.IGN.BDDAE.34101212089
J9U entity ID
987007562045205171
NL CR AUT ID
xx0319054
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX451350
OpenStreetMap relation ID
343063
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtbjY60P0esS
Quora topic ID
Peníscola
Topic's main category
Category:Peniscola
Who's on First ID
101776663
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrRcBgrbvRgGgMJtd4g8C

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 5
Benicarló, Alcalà de Xivert, Càlig, Cervera del Maestre, Santa Magdalena de Polpís
← Shares border with 5
Benicarló, Alcalà de Xivert, Càlig, Cervera del Maestre, Santa Magdalena de Polpís
Contained subdivisions 4
Peniscola Castle, Badum Tower, Marjal de Peníscola, Platja Nord
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Castellón, Baix Maestrat
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
People born here 2
Ramón Guzmán, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ibn Mardanīsh
People who died here 2
Eduardo Dualde, Jean Flandrin
Twinned administrative body 2
Hondarribia, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
← Significant place 2
Marjal de Peníscola, Natural Park of Serra d'Irta
← Twinned administrative body 2
Hondarribia, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Continent 1
Europe
Country 1
Spain
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FactGrid item ID 1
Adana degli Armeni
Instance of 1
municipality of Spain
Located in or next to body of water 1
Mediterranean Sea
Official language 1
Catalan
Part of 1
Castellón
Patron saint 1
Anthony the Great
Public holiday 1
patronal festival
Topic's main category 1
Category:Peniscola
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Peniscola
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Baix Maestrat
← Crosses 1
GR 92
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Summary

Peníscola is a municipality of Spain[1].

Related Entities

Anthony the Great Hondarribia Spain Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2013. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2007. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2006. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2005. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2004. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2003. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2002. wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2001. wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2014. wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . datosabiertos.dipcas.es. datosabiertos.dipcas.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . Boletín Oficial del Estado. boe.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . boe.es. boe.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35857: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Baix Maestrat, Castellón
    Topic's main category → Category:Peniscola
    Coat of arms → coat of arms of Peníscola
    Category of associated people → Wikidata item
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:پینیسکولا"
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