Culla

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| subdivision_name2 = Castellón

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| subdivision_name3 = Alt Maestrat

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File:PortaNova Culla.jpg

Image:Mapa del término de Culla (1273).jpg

Culla is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Maestrat, Castellón, Valencia, Spain.

The town is located on a 1,121 m high mountain, right to the SE of the town rises the 1,090 m high Tossal de la Serrà and further away the 1,087 m high Esparreguera, the tallest summit of the Serra d'Esparreguera. Nearby Montlleó River hides canyons only accessible from Culla.{{Cite web |url=http://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/files/publicacion/doc/paisajes_in.pdf |title=Mountains in the Land of Valencia |access-date=2011-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521152758/http://www.comunitatvalenciana.com/files/publicacion/doc/paisajes_in.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-21 |url-status=dead }}

Culla has a population of 633 inhabitants.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft20%2Fe260&file=inebase&L=1 |title=INE - Municipal Register: Official Population Figures since 1996 |access-date=2011-05-04 |archive-date=2019-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107082610/http://www.ine.es/jaxi/menu.do?type=pcaxis&path=%2Ft20%2Fe260&file=inebase&L=1%20 |url-status=dead }}

History

The castle of the town was one of the main castles of the historical Maestrat area in ancient times.

Villages

  • Culla
  • Paulo
  • Sales de Matella
  • Mel o Pla de La Torreta
  • Riu Sec
  • Molinell
  • Monllat
  • Pla del Sabater

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