The smallest municipality in Spain measures just 0.012 km2, has 6 streets, 109 inhabitants and is located just 20 minutes from the center of Valencia. It is Llocnou de la Corona, which since 2022 holds the title of smallest town in Spain, a distinction that snatched another Valencian town in the metropolitan area of the city, Emperor (the reason for this dispute of the extension between the two localities is explained below).
Surrounded by Sedaví and Alfafar, its extension is little more than a soccer field. With 130 meters wide and 250 meters long, in Llocnou de la Corona everything is just a few minutes walk away. Such is its reduced size that it depends on Sedaví for all basic services, a municipality with which it has had an agreement for years.
History and what to see in Llocnou de la Corona
This Valencian municipality is not a new formation, it was constituted in the 17th century and since the Transition it has always had its own government team. In fact, its name appears in the Dictionary of Madoz, one of the reference publications that groups all the towns of Spain, as well as terms from the history of Spain, written between 1845 and 1850.
How is it that its size has not been recognized until 2022? The answer lies in a cartographic revision of the Cartographic Institute of Valencia (ICV), which was carried out in that year, and which readjusted the boundaries of the municipality of l’Horta Sud with an area of 0.0128 km2 compared to the 0.0288 of Emperador.
Furniture stores and car workshops are the main economic asset of Llocnou de la Corona, which also has a pharmacy in the center of the town.
In 2024, it was also one of the towns most impacted by the dana, which caused flooding throughout the southern area of Valencia.
Its festivities coincide with Corpus Christi and are known as the “Fiestas mayores de Llocnou de la Corona”. The parish church of the Virgen del Rosario is the main tourist attraction, and is just over a century old (it was inaugurated in 1904).
In addition to the smallest village in Spain, near Valencia you can also visit the village with the longest name in the Comunitat Valenciana.