Onda, Spain

Coordinates: 39°57′45″N 0°15′50″W / 39.96250°N 0.26389°W

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Onda
Municipality
Onda, panoramic view
Flag Coat of arms
Onda Location in Spain
Coordinates: 39°57′50″N 0°15′46″W / 39.96389°N 0.26278°W / 39.96389; -0.26278
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Valencian Community
Province	Castellón
Comarca	Plana Baixa
Government
• Mayor	Carmina Ballester Feliu (PP)
Area
• Total	108.42 km² (41.86 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	194 m (636 ft)
Population (2018)^[1]
• Total	24,850
• Density	230/km² (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	12200
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 964 (Castellón)
Website	www.onda.es

Onda is a town in eastern Spain, in the province of Castelló, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. It has 24,859 inhabitants.^[2]

The Sitjar dam, located close to Onda, is an important feature for the irrigation of the nearby fields with water from the Millars River.

Notable residents

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Ibn al-Abbar (1199–1260), poet, diplomat, theologian, and scholar^[3]
Zayyan ibn Mardanish (fl. 1229–1270)^[4]
Vicente Alejandro Guillamón (born 1930), journalist and writer^[5]
Enrique Saura (born 1954), footballer^[6]
José Ramos Castillo (born 1974), Paralympic swimmer^[7]
Patricia Campos Doménech (born 1977), naval aviator and football coach^[8]
Vicente Ballester (born 1980), cyclist^[9]
Víctor Cabedo (1989–2012), cyclist^[10]

References

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^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) 2019
^ Marin, Manuela (5 December 2016). "History and Society". The Formation of al-Andalus, Part 1: History and Society. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 9781351889612. Retrieved 10 January 2019 – via Google Books.
^ Burns, Robert Ignatius; Chevedden, Paul Edward (1999). Negotiating Cultures: Bilingual Surrender Treaties on the Crusader-Muslim Frontier Under James the Conqueror. Brill. p. 72. ISBN 9789004112445. Retrieved 10 January 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, nombrado director de 'Vida Nueva'" [Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, Appointed Director of 'Vida Nueva']. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 23 November 1987. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Calero, Toni (9 September 2018). "Saura: 'Nunca podré renegar del fútbol; jugué con el Valencia y eso es muy grande'" [Saura: 'I Could Never Renounce Football; I Played for Valencia and that's Very Big]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Jose Ramos Castillo" (in Spanish). Spanish Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "La ondense Patricia Campos premiada con el galardón Miki Roqué por la Paz" [Onda Native Patricia Campos Wins the Miki Roqué Award for Peace]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 9 July 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Vicente Ballester, a escasos dos minutos" [Vicente Ballester, Just Two Minutes Away]. El Periódico Mediterráneo (in Spanish). 3 March 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Euskaltel's Cabedo killed in training accident". Cyclingnews. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

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v t e Municipalities of Plana Baixa
Aín Alcudia de Veo Alfondeguilla Almenara Artana Betxí Borriana/Burriana Chilches/Xilxes Eslida La Llosa Les Alqueries Moncofa Nules Onda Ribesalbes Suera/Sueras Tales La Vall d'Uixó Villarreal La Vilavella

v t e Municipalities of the province of Castellón
Aín Albocàsser Alcalà de Xivert Alcúdia de Veo Alfondeguilla Algimia de Almonacid Almassora Almedíjar Almenara Altura Arañuel Ares del Maestrat Argelita Artana Atzeneta del Maestrat Ayódar Azuébar Barracas Bejís Benafer Benafigos Benassal Benicarló Benicàssim Benlloc Betxí Borriol Borriana Cabanes Canet lo Roig Castell de Cabres Castellfort Castellnovo Castellón de la Plana Castillo de Villamalefa Catí Caudiel Cervera del Maestre 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 Serratella La Serra d'en Galceran La Torre d'en Besora La Vall d'Uixó La Vilavella Les Alqueries 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 Sant Jordi Sant Mateu San Rafael del Río Santa Magdalena de Pulpis Sant Joan de Moró Segorbe Soneja Sot de Ferrer Sueras Tales Teresa Tírig Todolella Toga Torás Torralba del Pinar Torreblanca Torrechiva La Torre d'en Doménec Traiguera Les Useres Vallat Vall d'Alba Vall de Almonacid Vallibona Vilafamés Vilanova d'Alcolea Vilar de Canes Vilafranca Villahermosa del Río Villamalur Villanueva de Viver Vila-real Villores Vinaròs Vistabella del Maestrat Viver Xert Xilxes/Chilches Zorita del Maestrazgo Zucaina

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