Almussafes

Almussafes
Municipality
Almussafes town hall
Coat of arms
Almussafes Location in Spain
Coordinates: 39°17′25″N 0°24′53″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Ribera Baixa
Judicial district	Carlet
Government
• Mayor	Toni González (2015) (PSOE)
Area
• Total	10.77 km2 (4.16 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	8,932
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Demonyms	Almussafenc, almussafenca
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46440
Official language(s)	Valencian
Website	Official website

Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.

History

Almussafes was originally a Muslim hamlet, consisting of several farmhouses and a tower. There was a customs office there (in Arabic Masaf (مصاف), from which the name of the town comes: Almasaf) to collect the transit rights of the merchandise entering and leaving the neighboring city of Valencia. In 1672, it was separated from the Benifaió municipality.

Facilities

The town of Almussafes is host for an important factory of the Ford Motor Company.

Gallery

• 
  Racef Tower, (Racef (رصيف) means "sidewalk") built between the 9th and 12th centuries.
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  Church of San Bartolomé.