Història
Montitxelvo´s etymology, is derived from the Latin place name "montis cervus" (deer mountain) as it appears in old documents. Possibly it is referred to Tossal De La Creueta. Tossal De La Creueta is a hill next to Montitxelvo that has a hermitage with a big cross on the top.
The emergence of archaeological remains of the Bronze Age and Neolithic within the city limits, suggests that the area were inhabited since prehistoric times. The existence of a villa and a necropolis in the departure of El Plà, suggest that the council was inhabit since Roman times. From this period of time is the famous funeral tombstone on show at the Casa de la Cultura. The abundance of water, soil fertility and its strategic position at next to Les Penyes Albes positioned between the taífas kingdoms of Daniya and Saiti (nowadays Denia and Xátiva cities) suggest that in Montichelvo were a Middle Ages Andalusi settlement.
The earliest written paper reference on the village appears in a document of July 9, 1343, in which, Pedro II of Valencia donates Montichelvo, Terrateig and Castelló de Rugat to Vidal de Vilanova, per thousand Valencia´s real wages. So, after the conquest, Vidal de Vilanova was the feudal owner of Montitxelvo. He built a castle in 1318 and in 1364, he annexed Nutrien farmstead to Montitxelvo domains too. Other document certifies that Montitixelvo also belonged to Didác Mercader and latest knowed owners were Vincent Marrades´ family. After feudal colonization, Montichelvo remained populated by Muslims. So in 1534 it had 50 Moorish houses. The same year is declared independent from Pobla Duc parish. In 1609 Montichelvo suffered a major depopulation as a result of the decree of Muslims expulsion. On this time, Montichelvo had about 75 Moorish houses which were almost entirely uninhabited. In 1646 only 32 houses were been repopulated.
During the eighteenth century, the number of inhabitants grew up significantly to reach half hundred inhabitants in 1794 . Population growth continued so one century later, increased to 819. From then until 1960, the population growth stalled. Due to migration since 1970 there is a population decline. Nowadays in Montitxelvo it remains houses from XIX and XX century, they are located in Ravalet Houses. The economic and population growth in this period is manifested on cropland expansion areas around the mountains together with a sophistication of irrigation systems which some of them remains nowadays as a live history. Nowadays agriculture is the economy subsistence in the area.
