How many fallas are there in Valencia? Four official figures that don't match
700, 750, 800 or just over 300: four different sources give four different answers to the same question, because none publishes the same counting method. The census of falleros, on the other hand, does have a clear series.
The question "how many fallas are there in Valencia?" looks as if it has a simple answer, and it doesn't. Four sources give four different figures for what appears to be the same thing, and none publishes the method it uses to count.
How many monuments are there, and who says so?
| Figure | Source | Year | What it claims to measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 700 | Ajuntament de València (city council) | 2024 | monuments set up in the city |
| Around 750 | elDiario.es | 2026 | big and children's fallas set up |
| 800 monuments at 400 locations | Visit Valencia, official map | 2026 | monuments and locations on the tourist map |
| More than 300 monuments | Valencia Plaza | 2026 | editorial selection for a street-by-street map, not a total |
All four can be right at once: no official body publishes a shared definition of what counts as a "monument", or of whether smaller installations, associated commissions or children's fallas are included in the total. Choosing one would mean inventing a precision the sources don't have.
And how many falleros are there?
Here there is a clean series, because it is always published by the same body: the Junta Central Fallera. The census of falleros, the registered members of the Fallas commissions, grew strongly in three years.
| Year | Fallas census |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 103,317 |
| 2025 | 126,819 |
| 2026 | 128,675 |
Of the 128,675 falleros in 2026, the census counts 72,221 women, or 56.13%, according to Valencia Extra. A 2025 economic study quoted by Business Insider gives a very different figure, nearly 90,000 falleros that same year, without explaining the gap with the official census: we note it without ruling on it.
The commissions, on the other hand, do match across sources: nearly 350 according to the city council and 348 according to the 2025 study. It is the only number on this page with no contradiction.
Photo: ANGEL-ROS-DIE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nobody knows exactly how many fallas there are, but we do know which ones you can visit inside: the Sección Especial ones, from 16 to 19 March. Compare guided routes through their workshops before losing yourself among 700 to 800 monuments with no plan.
See routes and tours in Valencia →Affiliate link: booking through it supports the site at no extra cost to you.Why can't anyone give a single number?
Because doing so would mean faking a figure the sources don't provide. Neither the city council nor the Junta Central Fallera publishes an annual total with an explicit method, broken down by year and available to the public. What exists are press and tourism estimates, with undeclared scopes.
To locate the Sección Especial fallas, the largest selection and how it spreads across neighbourhoods are on the Fallas 2026 map. For this edition's full calendar, see the Fallas 2026 dates. And to understand each event of the festival, see the Fallas festival in Valencia.
Seeing 700, 750 or 800 monuments up close on one trip isn't realistic: what does work is a well-placed night's stay so you can walk around the fallas of a couple of neighbourhoods. Compare accommodation in Ruzafa or El Carmen for the Fallas dates.
See accommodation for the Fallas →Affiliate link: booking through it supports the site at no extra cost to you.Sources
Ajuntament de València, 2024 economic impact note. elDiario.es, 5 March 2026. Visit Valencia, official fallas map. Valencia Plaza, 2026 street-by-street map. Cadena Ser, 31 May 2026, and Fallas.com, for the 2026 Fallas census. Valencia Extra, 4 March 2026, for the breakdown by sex. Las Provincias, 1 March 2023, for that year's census. Business Insider, 2025, for the independent economic study.
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Neus Ferrer
Neus has belonged to a falla commission since the age of eight and has seen twenty monuments go up. She knows which streets are closed from the day before and at what time the mascletà can no longer be heard from the centre. She does not recommend a spot where she has not stood for hours.
