Todolella
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La Todolella is a small town and municipality
located in the Ports comarca
, province of Castelló, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain
. According to the 2002 census, it has a total population of 140 inhabitants. One of its places of tourist interest is its medieval castle, dating back to the 14th century.
On February 6, 2005, a gas leak in Sant Cristòfol hostel
in Todolella killed 18 people while they slept after a birthday celebration.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Ports comarca
Ports (comarca)
Ports is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. It mostly overlaps the historical comarca known as Ports de Morella , except for the municipal areas surrounding Catí and Vilafranca that were excluded from the present-day Ports...
, province of Castelló, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. According to the 2002 census, it has a total population of 140 inhabitants. One of its places of tourist interest is its medieval castle, dating back to the 14th century.
On February 6, 2005, a gas leak in Sant Cristòfol hostel
Hostel
Hostels provide budget oriented, sociable accommodation where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed, in a dormitory and share a bathroom, lounge and sometimes a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex, although private rooms may also be available...
in Todolella killed 18 people while they slept after a birthday celebration.
External links
- Todolella Web site with information in SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. - BBC News, Gas leak at Spain hostel kills 18.