Contenido

En 1510, Mislata contaba con unos centenares de familias (unas 450 personas). En 1713, el pueblo concentraba tan solo unos 500 habitantes, aunque en 1787 ya sobrepasaba el millar. En 1857, al comienzo de la serie estadística española, Mislata contaba con 1116 habitantes, mientras que en 1877 se situaba en 1215 personas.[3]​ El crecimiento se acentuó con la inmigración del primer tercio del siglo , y en 1930 ya se llegaba a los 4500 habitantes. Con todo, el periodo fundamental fue entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970, como consecuencia de las corrientes inmigratorias. En el año 1960 se sobrepasó la frontera de los 10 000 habitantes, y en 1970 llegaban ya a 20 000.[3]​.

Mislata cuenta con una población de (INE "Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España)") 2025). Con más de 22 400 hab./km², Mislata es el municipio más densamente poblado de España y el segundo de Europa.[12]​.

Town planning

Originally, Mislata was made up of two distinct and independent nuclei. La Mislata itself was located around the primitive church of the Angels (current Plaza Mayor) and, somewhat further to the east, the Morería stood, arranged around the barons' castle.[3]​ This town was annexed to Mislata in the middle of the century, at which time the barons abandoned the castle in favor of the Casa Grande in the Plaza Mayor.[3]​[14]​.

Furthermore, as a result of the construction of the Covered Cross in the century and around it, a small town arose that in the century included ten houses and that, since they were owned by Cerdà de Tallada, became known as "El Cerdanet".[3]​ It was not until the end of the century and throughout the century that these three nuclei were united urbanistically, first the two original ones and finally the three together with the urban fabric of the capital Valencia.[3]​.

Mislata is governed by a local corporation made up of councilors elected every four years by universal suffrage who in turn elect a mayor. The electoral roll is made up of all residents registered in Mislata over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the Law of the General Electoral Regime,[15]​ which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the municipal corporation of Mislata is made up of 21 councilors. The Mislata City Council is currently chaired by the PSPV-PSOE and consists of 15 councilors from this party, 3 from the PP, 1 from Vox "Vox (political party)"), 1 from Cs "Ciudadanos (Spain)") and 1 from Compromís.[16]​.

Traditionally, the Mislata orchard produced wheat, corn, silk, hemp, wine, oil and legumes.[19]​ Today agricultural activity is residual, since only 33 hectares remain (vegetables, potatoes and citrus fruits) that occupied only 1.3% of the population in 2005.[3]​.

32% of those employed worked in the secondary sector in 2005. Not in vain the economic growth of Mislata is due to the stimulus that being located near Valencia, but outside its limits, meant for industry and commerce during the Middle Ages, which freed these activities from paying certain taxes and excessive land prices. Madrid. The most represented industrial sectors are wood, food products, metal products, paper and cardboard and leather.[3]​.

The tertiary sector is the one that predominates in economic activity (67% in 2005).[3]​.

Currently in 2025, Mislata has a total of €45,957,216.92 according to data published by the Mislata City Council.[20]​.

As of December 31, 2024, the Mislata City Council had an outstanding public debt of .[21]​.

Health

The municipality of Mislata has, among others, the following health centers:

• - Vázquez Bernabéu Military Hospital: located between the municipalities of Quart de Poblet and Mislata, this center houses the Music and Performing Arts Medicine Unit.[22]​.

• - SERMESA: private initiative polyclinic.

• - Local assembly of the Spanish Red Cross: covers preventive services and performs guard duty to provide assistance in emergency services both in Mislata and Valencia.[23]​.

Communications

Mislata is located next to the V-30 highway, which runs along the banks of the new channel of the Turia River, which has two entrances into the municipality. These new infrastructures have not diminished the road character of the municipality, despite dividing and modifying some traditional roads, such as the Camino de Torrente (Avenida de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez) and the Camino de Madrid.[3]​.

The municipal transport company of Valencia (EMT) has eliminated the service it offered to part of the urban area and the area near Avenida del Cid "Avenida del Cid (Valencia)"), remaining in the limits that border the municipality to the south, except for the night bus service, which does enter the municipality.[24]​.

Several lines of the MetroBus consortium cross the municipal area, linking with the nearby municipalities of Cuart de Poblet, Manises, Aldaya or Alacuás;[25]​ and others further away such as Godelleta and Turís.

Until the 1960s, the Mislata district was crossed by the railway tracks from Valencia to Liria and several tram lines. The first were withdrawn in 1969 due to the Plan Sur, while the second were replaced by bus lines.[3]​.

On May 20, 1999, Metrovalencia line 3 was inaugurated, following the same route as the old railway,[26]​ buried under the current Gregorio Gea avenue.[3] Trains from Line 3 "Line 3 (MetroValencia)") stop at these stations (Rafelbunyol - Aeroport "Estación de Aeroport (Metrovalencia)")), Line 5 "Line 5 (MetroValencia)") (Marítim Serrería - Aeroport "Aeroport Station (Metrovalencia)")) and Line 9 "Line 9 (Metrovalencia)") (Alboraya-Peris Aragó - Riba-roja de Túria).

Accessibility

Already during the first democratic legislature, in the 1980s, the "Municipal Ordinance for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers" was drafted, one of the first to be approved in Spain to facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities. This initiative, over time, was reflected in the “Mislata without barriers” program, to methodically address total accessibility in the municipality.

In 2022, Mislata was considered one of the most accessible municipalities with 90%, according to a study carried out by the Department of Housing and Bioclimatic Architecture of the Generalitat Valenciana.[27]​.

Architectural heritage

• - Covered Cross (Creu Coberta): Rehabilitated Gothic-style construction, which marks the municipal boundary of Mislata with Valencia and served as customs for the latter city. It is located on the site of a cross that was demolished on May 6, 1411, and on April 22 of the following year the resulting lead was sold to Antonio Ametler. Its reconstruction began on March 28, 1432.[28]​.

• - Church of Our Lady of the Angels (Església de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels): It was built between 1704 and 1755, the year of its inauguration, on a previous temple, from the 17th century. It is a temple with a simple façade, a bell tower and three naves with side chapels.[3]​ The bell tower has five bells.[29]​ The smallest one is located inside the bell tower and is not visible from the outside; It dates back to before 1936. The second largest, placed in the hole facing the convent, was cast in 1970. The third, located in the hole facing the Town Hall, was cast in 1798. The fourth is in the hole facing Calle Mayor, and has no casting date, but is similar to the previous one in size and inscriptions, so it is assumed to be from the same period. Finally, the largest one is installed in the hole facing the plaza; It was cast in 1942 and has dimensions of 113 cm high with the rings and 114 cm in diameter, with an estimated weight of 835 kg.[29]​ It is declared an asset of local relevance.[30]​.

• - Church of the Sacred Heart (Església del Sagrat Cor): it is declared an asset of local relevance.[31]​.

• - Payá Factory: The chimney and the part of the Payá factory facing San Antonio Street are an example of construction from the 19th century. The chimney, restored in 2013, is declared an asset of local relevance.[32]​.

• - Pou del Quint: In 2017, the Mislata City Council renovated the monument and it was enabled as a social center after decades of requests.[33]​.

• - Calle del Porche: With the porch that gives it its name, it gives entrance to the La Morería neighborhood.[3]​.

Centers and associations

• - Municipal Library: born on September 15, 1983 in Plaza 9 de Octubre, next to the parish church of the Virgen de los Ángeles, in a small, almost symbolic space, sharing a beautiful modernist building, the old Town Hall, with the Courts and the House of Culture. She was born small and in a time of many changes. Mislata Library.

• - Musical Instruction Center: in 1908 it was founded as "Banda Nova" (New Band), which gives rise to thinking that another or other previous groups existed.[34]​ In 1932 it was remodeled and renamed the Musical Instruction Center.[34]​ It has a staff of more than one hundred musicians.[34]​.

• - Coral Ramón Ibars: This was a choral group whose most notable activities are their performances at the Christmas holidays and the organization of ''les Trobades de Cant Coral Vila de Mislata'', sponsored by the City Council.[35]​.

Parties

• - Major festivals: they are celebrated in honor of the Holy Christ of Faith and Our Lady of the Angels on the last Monday of August, the feast of the Virgin, and the day before, Sunday, the feast of Christ[3].

Cultural events

• - Villa de Mislata theater competition: begins in the second week of September. Different amateur theater groups perform there every weekend until December 15. Since its beginning, in the 1980s, it has established itself as one of the most prestigious in the Valencian linguistic field.[36]​.

Gastronomy

Mislata carece de gastronomía local, puesto que comparte la misma tradición gastronómica en mayor o menor medida con toda la huerta de Valencia. Son tradicionales la paella, el arroz al horno, el hervido valenciano"), el arroz con acelgas (arròs amb bledes), los caracoles (caragolada) o el alioli. Entre los dulces destacan los pasteles de boniato (pastissets de moniato), los rosegones, las rosquillas de músico, la coca boba") y la mona de Pascua.

Sport

In Mislata there are three areas of sports facilities with the following facilities.

• - C.A. Fent Camí: professional athletics team founded in 1991 that competes in the Honor Division, the highest category of Spanish athletics. It has had an athletics school since 1997. They train on the Canaleta athletics tracks.[37]​.

• - H. C. L. Los Diablos de Mislata: inline hockey team founded in 1995. It has played 4 seasons in the first Division of the National League. He has won two championships in the Silver Division of the National League.[37]​.

• - Mislata C.F.: is a football club from Mislata. It trains on the Canaleta field and incorporates more than 10 teams from various categories, in addition to the main one. It also has a football school.[37]​.

• - Mislata U.F.: it is the first team in importance in number of players in the city. It also trains at the Canaleta field and also has a soccer school, with capacity for about 500 children.[37]​.

• - Mislata Handball Club: it is the main handball team in Mislata. It was founded in 2005 and trains at the Canaleta sports center. It has obtained good results in lower leagues and has even managed to get some of its players to enter the youth ranks of big teams like Barcelona.

Local trade

In 2024, the Mislata City Council promoted the Mislata Ilusiona campaign, aimed at boosting local commerce during the Christmas period. The initiative combined raffles, cultural and recreational activities and promotional campaigns on social networks, reinforcing the role of small businesses as an economic engine and element of social cohesion in the municipality.[38]​.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Mislata.

• - Mislata City Council.

• - Music and Performing Arts Medicine Unit [1].

• - This article incorporates material from the website of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, which through authorization allowed content and images to be added and published under the GFDL license.

Some isolated finds of human occupation have been found in the area during Roman times.[3]​ At this time, crops were already irrigated with the waters of the primitive Favara irrigation ditch, still in use.[6]​.

The origin of the municipality dates back to the time of Muslim domination. It already existed in the 19th century, since El Cid fought a battle against the Almoravids in its vicinity.[6]​ The Muslim poet Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Abbar (1199-1260) mentions the Mislata of this time in one of his verses:[7]​.

During the Christian conquest it was a farmhouse "Alquería (Al-Ándalus)") from which James I of Aragon distributed houses and lands to several knights (perhaps in payment of their contribution to defray the expenses of the conquest), but without making a concession of the town as a whole. Mislata and another on the old Requena road or Las Cabrillas road (current San Antonio street).[3]​.

Due to the short distance between this municipality and the capital "Valencia (city)"), the history of Mislata is related, in many aspects, to the latter. One of the events for which he is best known is the "battle of Mislata", which took place in 1348 and put an end to the rebellion of Valencia against Pedro el Ceremonioso.[8]​.

At this time, Mislata was made up of two distinct and independent nuclei. The Mislata itself was populated mainly by Christians, and was organized around the current church of the Angels. The other nucleus, La Morería, located a little further east, was the place of residence of the Moors. It was an independent hamlet, since it had its own batllia (mayor's office), and the barons' castle was located there.[3] After their expulsion in 1609, Morería was almost depopulated, so the Count of Aranda extended a town charter in 1611.[3] It was not until the middle of the century that Morería was annexed to Mislata, thus losing its independence.[9]​ At the same time the barons abandoned the castle in favor of the Casa Grande, a fortified palace that was built in the Plaza Mayor, on the site currently occupied by the town hall since 1972.[3][6]​.

In 1748 the Count of Aranda sold the manor to Pablo Inat Estrada, a resident of Gandía. This founded a link that, when the direct line was broken, ended with the Baron of Campo Olivar at the beginning of the century.[3]​.

During the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814) there were several armed incidents that occurred in the vicinity of Mislata.

Three years later, in December 1811, Marshal Suchet deployed his troops to assault Valencia, placing them between Soternes and Campanar.[6]​.

During the cantonal insurrection of 1873, General Arsenio Martínez-Campos Antón stayed in the Casa Grande de Mislata for the duration of the siege of Valencia.[6]​.

After suffering the vicissitudes of the siege of Valencia during the cantonal war, with the period of peace, in 1880, when Don Vicente Gea Miquel was mayor, public lighting was inaugurated, which represented a highly impactful improvement in this battered town.

On May 27, 1952, the Vázquez Bernabéu Military Hospital was inaugurated, on the land of Cuart de Poblet and Mislata. It was an event that Mislata mobilized, since the event was presided over by the coup dictator Francisco Franco, the then head of state.[10]​.

As a result of the Plan Sur works to divert the channel of the Turia River, in 1969 the railway tracks from Valencia to Liria were eliminated, which constituted an artificial, but effective, barrier to urban expansion.[3] The land they occupied was transferred by RENFE to the municipality, giving rise to the urbanization in 1973 of Gregorio Gea Avenue, currently the main artery of the town.

On April 5, 2011, the Mislata Cultural Center celebrated its 400th anniversary by hosting an exhibition that revealed the history of its municipality based on extensive research by Santos Ramírez.[11]​.

Contenido

En 1510, Mislata contaba con unos centenares de familias (unas 450 personas). En 1713, el pueblo concentraba tan solo unos 500 habitantes, aunque en 1787 ya sobrepasaba el millar. En 1857, al comienzo de la serie estadística española, Mislata contaba con 1116 habitantes, mientras que en 1877 se situaba en 1215 personas.[3]​ El crecimiento se acentuó con la inmigración del primer tercio del siglo , y en 1930 ya se llegaba a los 4500 habitantes. Con todo, el periodo fundamental fue entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970, como consecuencia de las corrientes inmigratorias. En el año 1960 se sobrepasó la frontera de los 10 000 habitantes, y en 1970 llegaban ya a 20 000.[3]​.

Mislata cuenta con una población de (INE "Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España)") 2025). Con más de 22 400 hab./km², Mislata es el municipio más densamente poblado de España y el segundo de Europa.[12]​.

Town planning

Originally, Mislata was made up of two distinct and independent nuclei. La Mislata itself was located around the primitive church of the Angels (current Plaza Mayor) and, somewhat further to the east, the Morería stood, arranged around the barons' castle.[3]​ This town was annexed to Mislata in the middle of the century, at which time the barons abandoned the castle in favor of the Casa Grande in the Plaza Mayor.[3]​[14]​.

Furthermore, as a result of the construction of the Covered Cross in the century and around it, a small town arose that in the century included ten houses and that, since they were owned by Cerdà de Tallada, became known as "El Cerdanet".[3]​ It was not until the end of the century and throughout the century that these three nuclei were united urbanistically, first the two original ones and finally the three together with the urban fabric of the capital Valencia.[3]​.

Mislata is governed by a local corporation made up of councilors elected every four years by universal suffrage who in turn elect a mayor. The electoral roll is made up of all residents registered in Mislata over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the Law of the General Electoral Regime,[15]​ which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the municipal corporation of Mislata is made up of 21 councilors. The Mislata City Council is currently chaired by the PSPV-PSOE and consists of 15 councilors from this party, 3 from the PP, 1 from Vox "Vox (political party)"), 1 from Cs "Ciudadanos (Spain)") and 1 from Compromís.[16]​.

Traditionally, the Mislata orchard produced wheat, corn, silk, hemp, wine, oil and legumes.[19]​ Today agricultural activity is residual, since only 33 hectares remain (vegetables, potatoes and citrus fruits) that occupied only 1.3% of the population in 2005.[3]​.

32% of those employed worked in the secondary sector in 2005. Not in vain the economic growth of Mislata is due to the stimulus that being located near Valencia, but outside its limits, meant for industry and commerce during the Middle Ages, which freed these activities from paying certain taxes and excessive land prices. Madrid. The most represented industrial sectors are wood, food products, metal products, paper and cardboard and leather.[3]​.

The tertiary sector is the one that predominates in economic activity (67% in 2005).[3]​.

Currently in 2025, Mislata has a total of €45,957,216.92 according to data published by the Mislata City Council.[20]​.

As of December 31, 2024, the Mislata City Council had an outstanding public debt of .[21]​.

Health

The municipality of Mislata has, among others, the following health centers:

• - Vázquez Bernabéu Military Hospital: located between the municipalities of Quart de Poblet and Mislata, this center houses the Music and Performing Arts Medicine Unit.[22]​.

• - SERMESA: private initiative polyclinic.

• - Local assembly of the Spanish Red Cross: covers preventive services and performs guard duty to provide assistance in emergency services both in Mislata and Valencia.[23]​.

Communications

Mislata is located next to the V-30 highway, which runs along the banks of the new channel of the Turia River, which has two entrances into the municipality. These new infrastructures have not diminished the road character of the municipality, despite dividing and modifying some traditional roads, such as the Camino de Torrente (Avenida de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez) and the Camino de Madrid.[3]​.

The municipal transport company of Valencia (EMT) has eliminated the service it offered to part of the urban area and the area near Avenida del Cid "Avenida del Cid (Valencia)"), remaining in the limits that border the municipality to the south, except for the night bus service, which does enter the municipality.[24]​.

Several lines of the MetroBus consortium cross the municipal area, linking with the nearby municipalities of Cuart de Poblet, Manises, Aldaya or Alacuás;[25]​ and others further away such as Godelleta and Turís.

Until the 1960s, the Mislata district was crossed by the railway tracks from Valencia to Liria and several tram lines. The first were withdrawn in 1969 due to the Plan Sur, while the second were replaced by bus lines.[3]​.

On May 20, 1999, Metrovalencia line 3 was inaugurated, following the same route as the old railway,[26]​ buried under the current Gregorio Gea avenue.[3] Trains from Line 3 "Line 3 (MetroValencia)") stop at these stations (Rafelbunyol - Aeroport "Estación de Aeroport (Metrovalencia)")), Line 5 "Line 5 (MetroValencia)") (Marítim Serrería - Aeroport "Aeroport Station (Metrovalencia)")) and Line 9 "Line 9 (Metrovalencia)") (Alboraya-Peris Aragó - Riba-roja de Túria).

Accessibility

Already during the first democratic legislature, in the 1980s, the "Municipal Ordinance for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers" was drafted, one of the first to be approved in Spain to facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities. This initiative, over time, was reflected in the “Mislata without barriers” program, to methodically address total accessibility in the municipality.

In 2022, Mislata was considered one of the most accessible municipalities with 90%, according to a study carried out by the Department of Housing and Bioclimatic Architecture of the Generalitat Valenciana.[27]​.

Architectural heritage

• - Covered Cross (Creu Coberta): Rehabilitated Gothic-style construction, which marks the municipal boundary of Mislata with Valencia and served as customs for the latter city. It is located on the site of a cross that was demolished on May 6, 1411, and on April 22 of the following year the resulting lead was sold to Antonio Ametler. Its reconstruction began on March 28, 1432.[28]​.

• - Church of Our Lady of the Angels (Església de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels): It was built between 1704 and 1755, the year of its inauguration, on a previous temple, from the 17th century. It is a temple with a simple façade, a bell tower and three naves with side chapels.[3]​ The bell tower has five bells.[29]​ The smallest one is located inside the bell tower and is not visible from the outside; It dates back to before 1936. The second largest, placed in the hole facing the convent, was cast in 1970. The third, located in the hole facing the Town Hall, was cast in 1798. The fourth is in the hole facing Calle Mayor, and has no casting date, but is similar to the previous one in size and inscriptions, so it is assumed to be from the same period. Finally, the largest one is installed in the hole facing the plaza; It was cast in 1942 and has dimensions of 113 cm high with the rings and 114 cm in diameter, with an estimated weight of 835 kg.[29]​ It is declared an asset of local relevance.[30]​.

• - Church of the Sacred Heart (Església del Sagrat Cor): it is declared an asset of local relevance.[31]​.

• - Payá Factory: The chimney and the part of the Payá factory facing San Antonio Street are an example of construction from the 19th century. The chimney, restored in 2013, is declared an asset of local relevance.[32]​.

• - Pou del Quint: In 2017, the Mislata City Council renovated the monument and it was enabled as a social center after decades of requests.[33]​.

• - Calle del Porche: With the porch that gives it its name, it gives entrance to the La Morería neighborhood.[3]​.

Centers and associations

• - Municipal Library: born on September 15, 1983 in Plaza 9 de Octubre, next to the parish church of the Virgen de los Ángeles, in a small, almost symbolic space, sharing a beautiful modernist building, the old Town Hall, with the Courts and the House of Culture. She was born small and in a time of many changes. Mislata Library.

• - Musical Instruction Center: in 1908 it was founded as "Banda Nova" (New Band), which gives rise to thinking that another or other previous groups existed.[34]​ In 1932 it was remodeled and renamed the Musical Instruction Center.[34]​ It has a staff of more than one hundred musicians.[34]​.

• - Coral Ramón Ibars: This was a choral group whose most notable activities are their performances at the Christmas holidays and the organization of ''les Trobades de Cant Coral Vila de Mislata'', sponsored by the City Council.[35]​.

Parties

• - Major festivals: they are celebrated in honor of the Holy Christ of Faith and Our Lady of the Angels on the last Monday of August, the feast of the Virgin, and the day before, Sunday, the feast of Christ[3].

Cultural events

• - Villa de Mislata theater competition: begins in the second week of September. Different amateur theater groups perform there every weekend until December 15. Since its beginning, in the 1980s, it has established itself as one of the most prestigious in the Valencian linguistic field.[36]​.

Gastronomy

Mislata carece de gastronomía local, puesto que comparte la misma tradición gastronómica en mayor o menor medida con toda la huerta de Valencia. Son tradicionales la paella, el arroz al horno, el hervido valenciano"), el arroz con acelgas (arròs amb bledes), los caracoles (caragolada) o el alioli. Entre los dulces destacan los pasteles de boniato (pastissets de moniato), los rosegones, las rosquillas de músico, la coca boba") y la mona de Pascua.

Sport

In Mislata there are three areas of sports facilities with the following facilities.

• - C.A. Fent Camí: professional athletics team founded in 1991 that competes in the Honor Division, the highest category of Spanish athletics. It has had an athletics school since 1997. They train on the Canaleta athletics tracks.[37]​.

• - H. C. L. Los Diablos de Mislata: inline hockey team founded in 1995. It has played 4 seasons in the first Division of the National League. He has won two championships in the Silver Division of the National League.[37]​.

• - Mislata C.F.: is a football club from Mislata. It trains on the Canaleta field and incorporates more than 10 teams from various categories, in addition to the main one. It also has a football school.[37]​.

• - Mislata U.F.: it is the first team in importance in number of players in the city. It also trains at the Canaleta field and also has a soccer school, with capacity for about 500 children.[37]​.

• - Mislata Handball Club: it is the main handball team in Mislata. It was founded in 2005 and trains at the Canaleta sports center. It has obtained good results in lower leagues and has even managed to get some of its players to enter the youth ranks of big teams like Barcelona.

Local trade

In 2024, the Mislata City Council promoted the Mislata Ilusiona campaign, aimed at boosting local commerce during the Christmas period. The initiative combined raffles, cultural and recreational activities and promotional campaigns on social networks, reinforcing the role of small businesses as an economic engine and element of social cohesion in the municipality.[38]​.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Mislata.

• - Mislata City Council.

• - Music and Performing Arts Medicine Unit [1].

• - This article incorporates material from the website of the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, which through authorization allowed content and images to be added and published under the GFDL license.