Aldaia

Aldaia (Valencian: [alˈdaja]; Spanish: Aldaya [alˈdaʝa]) is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Oest, province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.^[2]

Aldaia Aldaia (Valencian) Aldaya (Spanish)
Municipality
Coat of arms
Aldaia Location in Spain
Coordinates: 39°27′50″N 0°27′46″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia / València
Comarca	Horta Oest
Judicial district	Torrent
Government
• Mayor	Guillermo Luján Valero (2023) (PSPV-PSOE)
Area
• Total	16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	31,492
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Demonyms	aldaier, -a (Val.) aldayense (Sp.)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	46960
Official language(s)	Spanish and Valencian
Website	www.aldaia-ajuntament.es

Local politics

Aldaia is located in l'Horta, an area known as the red belt (Spanish: cinturón rojo) due to its tendency to vote for left wing parties.^[3] Until 2011, all elections with the exception of 1995 produced an absolute majority for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The People's Party won a majority at the 2011 local elections. A PSOE-led administration was formed after the 2015 elections, and the PSOE regained its absolute majority in 2019 and held it in 2023.

Summary of council seats won

	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)	8	12	13	14	10	12	13	11	8	8	14	14
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)	6
United Left (IU)	5*	3*	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1
Independents	2
People's Party (PP)		3#	3#	3	6	7	7	9	11	4	3	4
Valencian Union (UV)				2	2	1
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)		3	3
Coalició Compromís (Compromís)									1	2	1	1
Podemos (CET)										3
Citizens (C's)										3	3
Vox (Vox)												2
Total number of seats	21

Source:^[4]

^*Results for the Communist Party of Spain. In 1986 they joined with other parties to form the current United Left.

^#In 1983, the People's Alliance (AP), Democratic Popular Party (PDP), Liberal Union (UL) and Valencian Union (UV) formed a four-party electoral alliance. The electoral alliance ended in 1986 and the AP and UV contested the 1987 local elections separately. In 1989 the AP merged with the PDP and UL to form the current People's Party.

Notable people

• Voltor — ska/rock band

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Navalón, Teresa (15 July 2021). "L'Horta Oest tiene los días contados: auge y caída de una "subcomarca" fantasma" [L'Horta Oest's days are numbered: rise and fall of a phantom sub-comarca]. Valenciaplaza.com (in Spanish). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
3. El denominado 'cinturón rojo' se afloja más en favor del PP, que gana en Xirivella y Burjassot, Las Provincias, 23 May 2011
4. "Alaquàs election results". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-18.