Benicull de Xúquer

Benicull de Xúquer
Municipality

Coat of arms
Benicull de Xúquer

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 39°11′08″N 0°22′53″W / 39.18556°N 0.38139°W / 39.18556; -0.38139Coordinates: 39°11′08″N 0°22′53″W / 39.18556°N 0.38139°W / 39.18556; -0.38139
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Valencian Community
Province Valencia
Comarca Ribera Baixa
Judicial district Sueca
Founded 2003
Government
 • Alcalde José Francisco Damiá Bisbal
Area
 • Total 3.56 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 950
 • Density 270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 46689
Official language(s) Valencian
Website Official website
A field in Benicull with the Serra de Corbera in the background

Benicull de Xúquer is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain. As of 2003 the population was less than one thousand.

HERITAGE

On November 17, 1973 , a group of schoolchildren from Benicull guided by their teachers Alberto Ripoll and Carmen Ezquer, found in a cave (within the site of the Sima de la Pedrera) remains of Neolithic , among which features a Bell-beaker Beaker culture dated between 2200-1800 BC .

Bell-beaker dated between 2200-1800 BC


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