Linking Society and Universities: New Missions for Universities
EAIR Forum Valencia 2010, Valencia, Spain, 1-4 September 2010.
Spain
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal. Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morocco. With an area of 504,030 km², Spain is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union after France.
Spain is a democracy organised in the form of a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy. It is a member of the United Nations, European Union, NATO, OECD, and WTO.
Valencia
THe city Valencia is the main city of the autonomous region of Valencia, which lies in the east of Spain. It borders Catalonia in the north, with Aragon and Castile-La Mancha in the west, with the region of Murcia in the south, and with the Mediterranean sea in the east.
In Valencia, two official languages are spoken: Spanish & Valenciá.
With average temperatures between 29º C in summer and 15º C in winter, Valencia has a mild Mediterranean climate.
For more information.....
- Spain Practical Information
- Valencia Practical Information
- Digital/interactive edition of the Valencia Tourist Guide
- Presentation on Valencia and UPV, as presented by forum chair Prof Miguel FERRANDO BATALLER during Forum Vilnius 2009. (Please allow time for downloading; it is a heavy document)
