Alcalá de la Selva

Coordinates: 40°22′N 0°42′W / 40.367°N 0.700°W / 40.367; -0.700
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Alcalá de la Selva, Spain
Alcalá de la Selva is located in Spain
Alcalá de la Selva
Coordinates: 40°22′N 0°42′W / 40.367°N 0.700°W / 40.367; -0.700
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAragon
ProvinceTeruel
MunicipalityAlcalá de la Selva
Area
 • Total104.95 km2 (40.52 sq mi)
Elevation
1,404 m (4,606 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total347
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Alcalá de la Selva is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 523 inhabitants.

Formerly a Moorish town known as Al-Qual' at, Alcalá de la Selva was regained by Alfonso II in 1170. Between 1835 and 1840, the town was occupied by the forces of Don Carlos troops during the First Carlist War.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.