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Living in La Fontsanta, Valencia: a neighborhood guide
A compact L'Olivereta barrio built in the late 1950s to rehouse families who lost their homes in the 1957 flood
Living in La Fontsanta
La Fontsanta () is a small barrio of the L'Olivereta district on the western edge of Valencia. Its Valencian name is the official one; in Castilian it is La Fuensanta. It forms an L between Carrer de Tres Forques, the Avinguda de Tres Creus, the barrio of La Llum and the municipal boundary with Xirivella.
Fontsanta means "holy spring" in Valencian, from font, a spring. The barrio was built after the Turia flood of October 1957 to rehouse families who had lost their homes, and local accounts say it took the name of the Virgin of the Fuensanta, patroness of Murcia, in thanks for the aid that region sent to Valencia after the flood. We have not found that link in an official record, so read it as the neighbourhood's own explanation.
According to the Ajuntament's municipal register, 3,954 people lived in La Fontsanta on 1 January 2025, on 32.3 hectares. The oldest part is the flood housing itself: narrow four-storey blocks around pedestrian squares, with the barrio market and the Jesús-MarÃa school among them.
Transport and trade-offs: there is no metro station inside the barrio, so most residents take EMT buses or walk north to Nou d'Octubre station, on metro lines 3, 5 and 9 on the Avinguda del Cid. Flats are among the cheapest in the city, but many blocks are old and few have lifts. La Llum is next door, and Tres Forques, with the Hospital General, lies to the east.
What rent costs in La Fontsanta (September 2026)
La Fontsanta asks 17 EUR per m² a month on Fotocasa's rent index for September 2026, below the 18 EUR the city of Valencia averages. At that rate a 70 m² two-bedroom lists at around 1,190 EUR a month, before you negotiate. These are asking prices on new listings, not what sitting tenants pay.
Asking prices here are 1.8% above a year earlier, against 7% for the city as a whole.
This is the figure for the barrio itself. The L'Olivereta district it belongs to reads 17 EUR on the same index.
Fotocasa publishes the same figure for La Fontsanta as for its neighbours La Llum and Soternes, so treat it as a guide to this corner of the city rather than a precise figure for these few streets.
Our renting guide explains what landlords ask for and what the fianza and agency fee add on signing day, and the upfront cost calculator runs the maths for any rent.
Public and concertado schools in this neighbourhood
The Conselleria's school guide doesn't allow direct links to an individual school's page, so each card below gives you the school's official code instead. Open the guide, paste the code into the search box and the school's page comes up. Like many Spanish public administration websites, it takes a little patience.
IES Número 26
Carrer Casa de la Misericordia 34
Centre Privat Claret Fuensanta
Plaça Murcia 9
Centre Privat Jesús MarÃa-Fuensanta
Plaça Murcia 10
Centre Privat Santa MarÃa
Avinguda Tres Cruces 10
Where La Fontsanta Sits in Valencia
What Living in La Fontsanta Is Really Like
Pros: What Residents Love
- Low rents for the city
- Quiet pedestrian squares
- Its own market
- A clear local history
Cons: What to Know First
- No metro station of its own
- Older blocks, few lifts
- Few rentals at any time
- Little to draw visitors
Typical Properties in La Fontsanta
Local Amenities
Transport
EMT buses; Nou d'Octubre metro (lines 3, 5 and 9) to the north
Shopping
The barrio market and local shops
History
Built to rehouse families after the 1957 flood
Population
3,954 residents on 32.3 hectares (padrón, 1 January 2025)
More neighborhoods
La Llum
A small, dense L'Olivereta barrio of social housing on the Xirivella boundary
Explore La LlumTres Forques
A L'Olivereta barrio with the Hospital General and the Parc de l'Oest
Explore Tres ForquesSoternes
A small L'Olivereta barrio on the Mislata boundary that began as a hamlet around a hermitage
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Reviewed 5 September 2026 by Michael Bastin