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| Coordinates:39°28′30″N0°24′56″W / 39.47500°N 0.41556°W /39.47500; -0.41556 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province |  Valencia / València |
| Comarca | Horta Oest |
| Judicial district | Mislata |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Fernández Bielsa (2011-) (PSPV-PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 47,079 |
| • Density | 22,000/km2 (58,000/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Mislatan mislater, -a (Val.) mislatero/a (Sp.) |
| Official language(s) | |
| Linguistic area | Valencian |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46920 |
| Website | www.mislata.es |
Mislata[a] is atown andmunicipality in theValencian Community,Spain. It has borders with the city ofValencia andQuart de Poblet in the west andXirivella in the south.
In recent decades it has gone from being a village in the Horta region of the Valencian Community, to the most densely populated municipality in Spain and one of the ten most densely populated in Europe, with a population of 46,131 spread across 2.1 km2.
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This growth has been assisted by better transport communications including the opening of two stations of the Valencianmetro on 20 May 1999 in the town which provide a direct connection to the main railway station and the main shopping area in Carrer de Colón. Further extensions westwards to the Valencia airport and the towns of Quart de Poblet and Manises were completed in 2007.
Further construction work which was completed on green belt land in 2005 will further increase Mislata'spopulation density.
The area has been, in a physical sense, almost swallowed up by the encroaching suburbs of Valencia in recent years.
Mislata is well connected with central Valencia. In addition to several bus routes, Mislata now has two metro stations,Mislata andMislata-Almassil. A third station,Nou d'Octubre is nearby. Mislata is the only town outside the city ofValencia to be categorised as "zone A" by the private taxi system.
In addition to the famousFalles festival which runs from 15 to 20 March, numerous other festivals also take place such as those in honour of Saint Michael Archangel (in September) or Saint Francis of Assisi (in October).
Mislata's main places of interest are the church of the "Mare de Déu dels Àngels" (Virginof the Angels) and the "Creu Coberta" (Covered Cross) that separates the town from Valencia.
Until 2003, Mislata was controlled by theSpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), either with an absolute majority or with the support ofUnited Left. ThePeople's Party had a majority administration from 2003 until 2011. Since then the PSOE has had an absolute majority.
| 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | |
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| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| United Left (IU) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 7 | |||||||||||
| People's Party (PP) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Valencian Union (UV) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 3 | |||||||||||
| Coalició Compromís (Compromís) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Citizens (Cs) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vox (Vox) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total number of seats | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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