Cocentaina is a town located in the comarca

Comarca

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...

 of Comtat

Comtat

Comtat is a comarca in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain.- Municipalities :*Agres*Alcosser de Planes*Alcoleja*Alfafara*Almudaina*L'Alqueria d'Asnar*Balones*Benasau*Beniarrés*Benilloba*Benillup*Benimarfull*Benimassot...

, in the province of Alicante

Alicante (province)

Alicante or Alacant is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Murcia on the southwest, Albacete on the west, Valencia on the north, and the Mediterranean Sea on the east...

, Spain

Spain

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. The city is located between the mountainous Serra de Mariola national park and the Serpis

Serpis

The Serpis is a short coastal river in the provinces of Alicante and Valencia, in Spain.The river starts at the feet of the Carrasqueta, a mountain area southwest to Alcoi, by the confluence of the Polop and Troncal streams. In its initial part the Serpis is intermittent. Near Alcoi it joins with...

 river.

The economy of Cocentaina is chiefly based on the textile industry

Textile industry

The textile industry is primarily concerned with the production of yarn, and cloth and the subsequent design or manufacture of clothing and their distribution. The raw material may be natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry....

.

Main sights

The most important monuments in Cocentaina are the convents of the orders of Saint Clare

Saint Clare

Saint Clare may refer to:*Saint Clare of Assisi, founder of the Poor Clares and companion of Saint Francis of Assisi*Saint Clare of the Cross or Clare of Montefalco, 13th-century Italian abbess...

 (from the 16th century) and Saint Francis

Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...

, the Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 church of L'Assumpció and the Palace of the Counts of Cocentaina.

Events

The Moros i cristians festival and the Fira de Tots Sants ("All Saints Fair") of Cocentaina attracts many tourists each year.

External links

• Ajuntament de Cocentaina, Municipal government of Cocentaina /