Alcàsser

For other uses of "Alcazar", see Alcazar (disambiguation).
Alcàsser
Alcácer
Municipality
Coat of arms of Alcàsser
Coat of arms
Alcàsser is located in Province of Valencia
Alcàsser
Alcàsser
Location in Spain
Alcàsser is located in Valencian Community
Alcàsser
Alcàsser
Alcàsser (Valencian Community)
Alcàsser is located in Spain
Alcàsser
Alcàsser
Alcàsser (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°22′10″N 0°26′41″W / 39.36944°N 0.44472°W / 39.36944; -0.44472
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
ProvinceValència / Valencia
ComarcaHorta Sud
Judicial districtPicassent
Area
 • Total
9.01 km2 (3.48 sq mi)
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[1]
 • Total
10,772
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Demonyms• alcasser, -a (Val.)
• alcacero, -ra (Sp.)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
46290
Official language(s)Valencian and Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

Alcàsser (Valencian: [alˈkaseɾ]; Spanish: Alcácer [alˈkaθeɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain.

History

Alcàsser murders

Main article: Alcàsser Girls

Between 1992 and 1993, Alcàsser attracted national attention due to the disappearance and murder of three schoolgirls Desirée Hernández, Miriam García, and Antonia Gómez. On 13 November 1992, they went missing while hitchhiking to a nightclub in the nearby town of Picassent. In January 1993, 75 days after their disappearance, their bodies were found in a ditch located near La Romana ravine.[2]

Their alleged murderers were Antonio Anglés and Miguel Ricart. Of the two, Ricart was the only one jailed; the whereabouts of Anglés, still among Interpol's most wanted criminals, remains unknown.

A sculpture was made in memory of the girls.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ^ Del Molino, Javier. "Caso Alcàsser: el papel de la televisión de la época en su repercusión" [Alcàsser case: the role of television of the time in its impact] (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "El joven que descubrió los huesos junto a la fosa de las niñas de Alcàsser: «Pensé que era una colilla»" [The young man who discovered the bones next to the grave of the Alcàsser girls: "I thought it was a cigarette butt"]. ABC C. Valenciana. July 3, 2019.
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