Back Provincia de Valencia AN بلنسية (مقاطعة) Arabic Provincia de València AST والنسیا اوستانی AZB Валенсія (правінцыя) Byelorussian Валенсія (правінцыя) BE-X-OLD Proviñs València Breton Província de València Catalan Província de València CEB Provincie Valencie Czech
Province of Valencia
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 Palau de la Batlia, headquarters of the Provincial Council | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Map of Spain with Province of Valencia highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′38″N 0°22′36″W / 39.47722°N 0.37667°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Capital | .svg){kind=small} Valencia / València |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,763 km2 (4,156 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked |
| 2.13% of Spain | |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 2,710,808[1] |
| • Rank | Ranked |
| 5.45% of Spain | |
| Demonym | Valencians |
| Official languages | Spanish and Valencian |
| Parliament | Cortes Generales |
Valencia (/vəˈlɛnsiə/ və-LEN-see-ə or /vəˈlɛnʃ(i)ə/ və-LEN-sh(ee-)ə, Spanish: [baˈlenθja] ⓘ), officially València (Valencian: [vaˈlensia]), is a province of Spain, in the central part of the autonomous Valencian Community. Of the province's 2.7 million people (2024),[1] almost one-third live in the capital, Valencia, which is also the capital of the autonomous community and the 3rd biggest city in Spain, with a metropolitan area of 2,522,383 people it is also one of the most populated cities of Southern Europe.[2] There are 265 municipalities in the province.
- ^ a b Population Figures referring to Municipal Register 1 January 2024 - Data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)|Publisher=La Vanguardia|access-date=15 January 2025
- ^ "Eurostat - Data Explorer". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07.