Moncada (Valencia)

Montcada, is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Nord in the Valencian Community, Spain.Place namesOn the official writings in Latin Monscatanus was used, from mons ("mountain"), making 'Montcada' the correct original spelling and Moncada a vulgarization of the name. However, officially the town's name is written Moncada, but also in València accept dual Montcada/Moncada denomination, as the origin of the name is linked from the 13th century to the lineage of the House of Montcada, although the removal of the letter t dates from the 15th century, where previously, the Moncada form was used in the earliest known documents relating to the Royal Acequia of the municipality, this denomination coming from the vulgar pronunciation, simplified by omitting the letter t. Moreover, government agencies on language as the Valencian Academy of Language always use Montcada in catalan to refer to the name of the municipality of Valencia.GeographyThe relief of the municipality is formed by a quaternary plain on the gently rising in the northern and western parts of Tertiary hills, an extension of the Sierra Calderona, and reaching its highest point in Tos Pelat (92 m) hill situated on the border between the terms of Bétera, Valencia and Montcada. The hills extend to the town center that has already begun to occupy the hill of Santa Barbara.