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

  • {{flagicon|FRA}} Noisy-le-Roi, France, since 2004{{cite web |title=Godella (Valence - Espagne) |url=https://www.noisyleroi.fr/261/envie-de/decouvrir-noisy-le-roi/jumelage/godella-valence-espagne.htm |website=noisyleroi.fr |access-date=4 April 2024}}

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