Vinaròs

Also known as Vinaros

Vinaròs, also known as , is a town and municipality located in eastern Spain and the capital of the Baix Maestrat in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community. It is in the border between the Valencian Community and Catalonia. Vinaròs is a fishing harbour and tourist destination.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vinaròs
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Vinaros-carnaval4.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Carnival in Vinaròs.
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Vinaròs.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escut de Vinaròs.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Castellón#Spain Valencia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Castellón
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Baix Maestrat
Settlement.elevation_m: 7
Settlement.area_total_km2: 95.46
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_demonym: , -a (Val.) (Sp.)

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Vinaròs
Demonym: vinarocense
Country: Spain
Located in: Castellón
Continent: Europe
Official language: Catalan
Population: 30278
Area: 95.5
Elevation: 7
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Mediterranean Sea
Capital of: Baix Maestrat
Shares border with: Ulldecona
Official website: www.vinaros.es
Image: "Amanece..que no es no es poco" - panoramio.jpg
Licence plate code: CS
Patron saint: Saint Sebastian

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twinned administrative body: Alcañiz
Commons category: Vinaròs
topic's main category: Category:Vinaròs
postal code: 12500
Commons gallery: Vinaròs
category for people born here: Category:Births in Vinaròs
category of associated people: Category:People from Vinaròs
inception: 1241-09-29
male population: 14169
female population: 14513
phone number: +34-964-40-77-00
P8168: Mayville
catalog code: 147

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

History
Main sights
Culture
Carnival
Calendar
Climate
Politics
Notable people
Notes
References
External links

== History == The first historical record of Vinaròs is in 1233, when the Moorish hamlet of Binarlaros-Ibn Arus in eastern Al-Andalus was captured by King James I of Aragon. It was under rule of the Knights templar order between 1294 and 1311, and of the order of Montesa during the 14th century.

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