Alpuente

Alpuente
Municipality
Coat of arms
Alpuente Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Valencian Community
Province	Valencia
Comarca	Los Serranos
Judicial district	Liria
Government
• Alcalde	Amparo Rodríguez Sambonet
Area
• Total	138.3 km2 (53.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	833
• Density	6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Alpontino/a
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	46178
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	Official website

Alpuente is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, part of Valencia (autonomous community), Spain.

History

See also: Taifa of Alpuente

It was the capital of an Iberia Muslim taifa or kingdom in the 11th century, ruled by the dynasty of Beni Kasim.

In 1103, Alpuente fell under the Almoravid dynasty. In 1145, it became part of the emirate of Valencia and was occupied, along with the rest of the emirate, by the Almohads in 1172, then passing as Almohad rule in Iberia collapsed to the emirate of Murcia in 1229. Alpuente was conquered by the king of Aragon in 1229. After the province was created Alpuente became a very common name throughout all of Spain, but mainly in valencia.