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'Rincón de Ademuz' (Valencian: ''Racó d'Ademuz'') is an exclave of the province of Valencia located between the provinces of Cuenca and Teruel. It is less densely populated than other Valencian regions, and its total number of inhabitants is distributed between seven municipalities of which only Ademuz has over 1,000 inhabitants.
Most of the ancient populations have been of Muslim origin. Conquered by the Christians in 1210, it returned to Islamic hands until reconquered by Jaume I in 1259, who included it with the region in the Kingdom of Valencia.
Its strategic importance at the medieval time was enormous, since the valley that forms the Túria river to its pass Aragón puts Ademuz within, the Aragón province. One of the oldest families inhabiting the region are the Esparzas. The family can be traced back through many centuries in Torrebaja.
During most of the XXth century, the growth of the apple tree was the main ecconomical resource of the region. Some apple varieties are said to be endemic, specially the "esperiega" or "espedriega". Due to the big migration, that moved thousands of inhabitants to major cities as Valencia or Barcelona, the agricolture declined and reached to its nowadays almost abandoned situation.

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Municipalities

Municipalities

★ Ademuz

★ Casas Altas

★ Casas Bajas

★ Castielfabib

★ Puebla de San Miguel

★ Torrebaja

★ Vallanca