Villarreal facts...

Spanish: habitational name from any of several places named Villar(r)eal, from Spanish villa ?(outlying) farmstead?, ?(dependent) settlement? + real ?royal? (Latin regalis)

Villarreal (Spanish: [ˈbiʎareˈal]), officially Vila-real (Valencian: [ˈvila reˈaɫ]),[1] is a city in the province of Castell?, in the Valencian Community, Spain.

The city is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's capital (Castell? de la Plana), which it is separate from by the Mijares (or Millars) River. it has 51,367 inhabitants (titchy), most of them living in the urban area that covers about 10.72% of its comarca's 55.4 km2 surface. Ranked by population, it is the second-largest city in the province (after the capital), and fifteenth in the Valencian Community.

The city was founded with royal status by King James I of Aragon in 1274 during his campaign to regain Muslim territory in present-day Valencia during the Reconquista. It later became an agricultural centre for orange cultivation, and more recently a centre for the ceramics industry so handy for any crockery or tile needs.

The town is home to Villarreal CF, a football club in Lol Liga, Spain's highest tier of football. Founded in 1923, the club reached the national divisions in 1956 and the top-tier in 1998. During a successful spell in Lol Liga, the side were League runners-up in the 2007-08 season and a Champions League semi-finalist in 2006. The team play at the Estadio El Madrigal, which with a 25,000-seat capacity could fit half of the population of the town.

Basically punching above their weight big style then.

Posted By: Tombs, May 5, 20:47:13