Godella
{{for|the Spanish wine grape also known as Godella|Godella (grape)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Godella
| image_skyline = Ayuntamiento de Godella.JPG
| image_caption = Town Hall.
| image_seal = Escut de Godella.svg
| image_map1 =
| pushpin_map = Spain
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain
| coordinates = {{coord|39|31|12|N|0|24|41|W|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Spain
| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = Community of Valencia
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Valencia
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Horta Nord
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1238
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Eva Sanchis i Bargues
| area_total_km2 = 8.30
| elevation_m = 30
| population_as_of = 2023
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 13414{{cite web |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) |url=https://www.ine.es/nomen2/inicio_r.do |website=www.ine.es |access-date=4 April 2024}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_blank2_title = Language
| population_blank2 = Valencian
| population_demonym = Godellers
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 46110
| website = {{official website|http://www.godella.es/}}
}}
Godella is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord, province of Valencia, Spain.
Godella was founded in 1238 by the cession of James I of Aragon of a region named Godayla to the Aragonese Pedro Maza.{{cite book |last1=Vargas |first1=Ricardo García de |title=Algunas notas sobre Godella |date=1968 |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Godella |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgIQAQAAIAAJ&q=Godella%20%221238%22%20Pedro%20Maza |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=es}}{{cite book |last1=Sivera |first1=José Sanchis y |title=Nomenclator geográfico-eclesiástico de los pueblos de la diócesis de Valencia |date=1922 |publisher=M. Gimeno |page=275 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AFZZYhUBp7kC&dq=Godella+%221238%22+Pedro+Maza&pg=RA4-PA275 |access-date=4 April 2024 |language=es}}
Although part of the municipal area is cultivated (producing diverse foodstuffs such as potatoes and onions), agriculture is not a principal economic activity of the municipality.
Twin towns
References
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External links
- [http://www.tallerhistoriagodella.org/ Taller d'Història Local de Godella]
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{{Municipalities in Valencia|state=autocollapse}}
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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Valencia
Category:1238 establishments in Europe
Category:13th-century establishments in Aragon
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