Valencia/València · Comunidad Valenciana
Xàtiva
An ancient, scenic, tranquil town probably founded by the Phoenicians, birthplace of two Borgia popes.
What Xàtiva is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
50km south of Valencia.
Worth the trip
- Museo del Almodí, with an archaeological collection and art including works by José Ribera, born here in 1591
- A tenth-century castle with stunning lookout points
- Església de Sant Feliu, the oldest church in Xàtiva, in transitional Romanesque-Gothic style
Fiestas
- Semana Santa and the Feria de Agosto, with bullfights and livestock fairs
A little history
Medieval Xàtiva was the birthplace of Alfonso de Borja (Pope Calixtus III) and his nephew Rodrigo (Pope Alexander VI), father of Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia.
Who it suits: Renaissance/Borgia history travellers
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 12°C 4.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.9°C 4.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 40 days 41% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 180 123 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,237/m² 44% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €13,976 4% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 46.5 per 1,000 6% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 21
- Nearest international school
- 2 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 8 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 52 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 30,925
- Born in Spain
- 83.3% 5.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 5.5% 1.7% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.84 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
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