Belchite

Belchite
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Coordinates	41 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 45 ′  W
Height :	440  msnm
Area :	273.7 km²
Residents :	1,505 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.5 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50130
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50045
administration
Website :	www.belchite.es

Belchite is a Spanish municipality with about 1500 inhabitants in the province of Zaragoza . The site was the site of the 1937 Battle of Belchite in the Spanish Civil War , in which the city was almost completely destroyed. Today's Belchite ( Belchite nuevo ) was rebuilt next to the ruins of the old city.

Belchite is about 50 kilometers southeast of Zaragoza . It is the capital of the Comarca (administrative unit) Campo de Belchite .

The ruins of the destroyed city were preserved in memory of the horrors of war. Today they are a sight of the place. They were the location for the films Pan's Labyrinth and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .

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  View over the old city

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  Ruins of the Church of Saint Martin de Tours

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  New Church of Saint Martin de Tours

Web links

Commons : Belchite  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).