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Canet d'en Berenguer (Valencian pronunciation: [kaˈned dem beɾeŋˈɡeɾ], Spanish: Canet de Berenguer) is a municipality in the comarca of Camp de Morvedre in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Canet d'en Berenguer | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Canet d'en Berenguer Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′46″N 0°13′14″W / 39.67944°N 0.22056°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province | Valencia |
| Comarca | Camp de Morvedre |
| Judicial district | Sagunt |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Leandro Benito Antoni (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 8,297 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Caneter, canetera |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46529 |
| Official language(s) | Valencian |
| Website | Official website |
Etymology
editCanet comes from Latin canetum ("reed bed"), referring to the surrounding swampy area with extensive reed beds which stretched from Puzol to Almenara. The Berenguer part is named after the lord Francisco Berenguer who owned the territory during feudalism in the 16th century.[2]
Formerly, it was also known as Canet de Murviedro.[3]
Geography
editCanet d'en Berenguer is situated on the Mediterranean coast next to the mouth of the Palancia river. The river runs along its entire southern border.
It has a Mediterranean climate; winds come primarily from the east and the northeast.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ↑ "Historia del municipio" [History of the municipality]. Ayuntamiento de Canet de Berenguer (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Pascual Madoz (1845). "Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar" [Geographic, statistic, and historical dictionary of Spain and its overseas possessions] (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 451.
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