Añón de Moncayo

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Municipality of Añón de Moncayo
Añón de Moncayo - town view
Añón de Moncayo - town view
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Coat of arms of Añón de Moncayo
Añón de Moncayo (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Aragon
Province : Zaragoza
Comarca : Tarazona y el Moncayo
Coordinates 41 ° 47 ′  N , 1 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′  N , 1 ° 43 ′  W
Height : 835  msnm
Area : 64.19 km²
Residents : 212 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 3.3 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 50590
Municipality number  ( INE ): 50030
administration
Website : Añón de Moncayo

Añón de Moncayo ( Añón for short ) is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 212 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Zaragoza in the west of the autonomous region of Aragon . The place belongs to the sparsely populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Añon de Moncayo is located on the Río Huecha at the foot of the approximately 2315  m high Sierra de Moncayo about 84 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Saragossa near the border with the province of Soria at an altitude of about 835  m ; the beautiful city of Tarazona is a good 18 km north. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 505 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 1,075 979 954 304 200

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs led to a significant decline in population ( rural exodus ) in the second half of the 20th century .

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived directly or indirectly as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included livestock farming. Today orchards play an essential role in the economic life of the place; In addition, holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out.

history

Traces of Celtic, Roman and Visigoth settlement have not yet been discovered. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced into the upper Ebro Valley. Around 1120 the area was recaptured by Alfonso I of Aragon ( reconquista ) . Later it was disputed between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile ; this state of affairs only ended with the marriage of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón in 1469.

Attractions

Añon de Moncayo - Iglesia de la Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
  • The former castle (Castillo de los Comendadores) is partly built in rammed earth, which indicates a Moorish origin; later parts such as the keep (Torre del homenaje) were in the 12th century under the supervision of the Order of St. John built and consist of both roughly hewn breakage as well as from cut stones .
  • The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción has Romanesque origins (portal); the Gothic apse is vaulted with ribs and broken polygonally. In the 18th century, the nave was adapted to the baroque taste of the time with a stitch cap vault . The interior contains several interesting furnishings - including the main altar (retablo) made in the Churrigueresque style and a hemispherical baptismal font .
  • Only ruins remain of the Church of San Juan .

Web links

Commons : Añón de Moncayo  - collection of images

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).
  2. ↑ Añón de Moncayo - Climate tables
  3. ↑ Añón de Moncayo - Population Development
  4. ↑ Añón de Moncayo - Castillo
  5. ↑ Añón de Moncayo - Church
  6. ↑ Añón de Moncayo - church ruins