Cheste 5400271 216666451 2008-06-02T17:50:00Z TXiKiBoT 3171782 robot Adding: [[an:Chest]] {{Infobox City Spain |official_name=Cheste |native_name=Cheste |native_language=Spanish |spanish_name=Cheste |community=Valencian Community |community_link=Valencia (autonomous community) |province=Valencia |province_link=Valencia (province) |comarca=Hoya de Buñol |comarca_link=Hoya de Buñol |time_zone=[[Central European Time|CET]] ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] +1) |time_zone_summer=[[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] +2) |area=71.44 |population=7,425 |date-population=2006 |density=104 |date-density=2006 |lat_long={{coor dms|39|28|47|N|0|41|4|W|region:ES_type:city}} |altitude=110 |image_city_map=Localització de Xest respecte del País Valencià.png |image_city_map_size=150px }} '''Cheste''' ([[Valencian language|Valencian]]: '''Xest''') is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] in the [[Comarques of the Valencian Community|''comarca'']] of [[Hoya de Buñol]] in the [[Valencia (autonomous community)|Valencian Community]], [[Spain]], located 26 km from the capital [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]. === History === According to the Valencian historian [[Gaspar Juan Escolano|Escolano]], the first settlers of the region of Cheste were members of [[Iberians|Iberian]] tribes belonging to the old ''Edetania''. This view is supported by numerous remains, particularly those of ''El Castillarejo'' (Iberian ceramics and spear points from the [[Bronze Age]]). The "[[Treasure of Cheste]]", a set of jewels and gold and silver coins, was found in the locality of "la Safa" in 1864. Among the coins there was a denarius Sgdenham 140 (RRC 44,5 from [[211 BC]]) which enabled the find to be dated to the [[second Punic war]]. === Sport === About five kilometers to the east of the town is the "[[Circuit de Valencia]]", a [[motor sport]] [[race track]] which hosts the [[Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix]] since 1999. === Bordering Localities === [[Chiva]], [[Gestalgar]], [[Bugarra]], [[Pedralba]], [[Vilamarxant]], [[Riba-roja de Túria]], and [[Loriguilla]] == External links== * [http://www.cheste.es Official site] * [http://www.cheste.org Photographs] * [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.494471,-0.685616&spn=0.009155,0.017653&t=k&hl=en Cheste on Google Maps] * [http://cheste.comunitatvalenciana.com Cheste from the Valencian Agency of Tourism] {{valencia-geo-stub}} {{Hoya de Bunol}} [[Category:Municipalities in Valencia]] [[Category:Hoya de Buñol]] [[an:Chest]] [[ca:Xest]] [[cs:Cheste]] [[es:Cheste]] [[fr:Cheste]] [[it:Cheste]] [[nl:Cheste]] [[pt:Cheste]] [[ru:Честе]]