Parcent
Sign in to saveParcent (; ) is a municipality in the Pop Valley of La Marina Alta in the Alicante Province, which is located in the Valencian region of Spain. Parcent has a population of about 1100 and is about one hour's drive north of the city of Alicante, and about an hour's drive south of the city of Valencia.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Parcent
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Parcent.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Valencian Community, Spain
- Settlement.image_map1
- Localització de Parcent respecte de la Marina Alta.png
- Settlement.mapsize1
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Location in the comarca Marina Alta
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Alicante
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Marina Alta
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 11.8
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 295
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.postal_code
- 03792
- Settlement.leader_name
- Máximo Revilla
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Parcent (; ) is a municipality in the Pop Valley of La Marina Alta in the Alicante Province, which is located in the Valencian region of Spain. Parcent has a population of about 1100 and is about one hour's drive north of the city of Alicante, and about an hour's drive south of the city of Valencia.
It features the small Holy Virgin church, and is surrounded by hills and mountains. Writer Gabriel Miró (1879–1930) was a resident of Parcent and called it a "paradise between the mountains".