Geography Castellón's capital is Castellón de la Plana. The province had a population of 579,962 at the start of 2019,Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019. 30% of whom were residing in the capital, 60% in its metropolitan area, and 85% along the coastline. As of the 2011 Census, the population had grown to 594,423 people, but has since declined.Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid, 2019. The province, and in particular its idle large airport, has become a symbol of the wasteful spending prior to the 2008-14 Spanish financial crisis.
Geography Castellón's capital is Castellón de la Plana. The province had a population of 579,962 at the start of 2019,Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid, 2019. 30% of whom were residing in the capital, 60% in its metropolitan area, and 85% along the coastline. As of the 2011 Census, the population had grown to 594,423 people, but has since declined.Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Madrid, 2019. The province and in particular its idle large airport, has become a symbol of the wasteful spending prior to the 2008-14 Spanish financial crisis.