Chilches/Xilxes
Castellón · Comunidad Valenciana
Xilxes (Valencian) or Chilches (Spanish) is a municipality located in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain.
History
The history of Xilxes/Chilches starts in the Roman Age. The village was founded in the year 201 b.C. The discovery of a bronze statue of Mercury demonstrates the village hosted a trail of the Via Augusta. Following the fall of the Roman Empire and the Muslim invasions, Xilxes/Chilches became a Roman-Muslim village constituted by four farmhouses.
In 1238, the village was conquered by Jaime I, who sold Xilxes a year after to Jaime Pérez de Daroca; returned to the Crown and Jaime I sold again the village to Frances de Próxita this time alongside other places that in that time constituted the Baronía de Almenara. In 1256 Xilxes was plundered and burned by rebel Moorish from Sierra Espadán. It was declared "royal villa" by Real Pragmatic of Valencia, issued in Zaragoza on 14 June 1297, and Barony of Chilches, also issued by the Real Pragmatics in Valencia on 13 February 1306. Again, in 1583, it was devastated by Berber pirates who landed on its coast.
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) devastated the village and it was rebuilt with the General Direction of Devastated Regions. The village started then to be an urban spot.
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Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- April: Fiestas de San Vicente (10)
- August: Poblado Marítimo, San Roque (16)
- September: Santísimo Cristo de la Junquera (15)
Trails and hiking
•El Camí IT5TR8 El Camí del Sud: de Dénia a Castelló de la Plana (CC-C)
Famous people
•Vicente Martínez Mus, político de España
Town hall
Web oficial: http://www.xilxes.es
Town hall of Chilches/Xilxes
Web oficial: http://www.xilxes.es
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How to get there
- 🚗 33 km from Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana (about 23 min by car)
- 🚗 48 km from València (about 34 min by car)
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- ✈️ 52 km from Valencia airport (about 37 min by car)
- ✈️ 66 km from Castellón airport (about 47 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.1 km away
- Where to park · 0.3 km away
- Where to park · 1.7 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Caixabank · 0.1 km away
- Caixa Rural La Junquera · 0.1 km away
- Caixabank · 0.1 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Galp · 0.7 km away
- Moeve · 1.6 km away
- Repsol · 2.3 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Tourist office · 2.9 km away
- Tourist office · 2.9 km away
- Tourist office · 2.9 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Viewpoints · 3.1 km away
- Viewpoints · 4.4 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Platja del Cirerer · 3.3 km away
- Platja de les Cases · 3.3 km away
- Platja Naturista de Moncofa · 3.9 km away
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News
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