It is a name of Germanic origin woman. It is also a variety of green beans, broad and long, about 20 cm, fleshy, soft sheath and without filaments in the sheath. Elda, without "h", is a city of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, some 54,000 inhabitants, situated on the banks of the river Vinalopó, don's is criam most of the grapes consumed on Christmas and end of the year. It has traditionally been an area very rich in hortifructicolas products. In this area it has been historically all peoples and Mediterranean cultures, because it is 40 kms from the coast. Here have been the Iberians, Phoenicians, Romans, Carthaginians, Byzantines, Visigoths, Umayyad, Almohads, castellanos, Aragonese...All have left their mark in this cosmopolitan and open city. It is near Novelda and most of Petrer to which it is adjacent. Many people today live also in the footwear industry