Alaró
| Alaró municipality | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Balearic Islands | ||
| Island: | Mallorca | ||
| Comarca : | Raiguer | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 42 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | ||
| Height : | 252 msnm | ||
| Area : | 45.63 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5,572 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 122.11 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 07340 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 07001 | ||
| Nearest airport : | Palma ( Son Sant Joan / Palma de Mallorca , 18 km ) | ||
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| Official language : | Catalan , Castilian | ||
| Mayor : | Llorenç Perelló Rosselló ( PP ) | ||
| Address of the municipal administration: | Plaça de la vila, 17 07340 Alaró |
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| Website : | www.ajalaro.net | ||
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Alaró is a municipality on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It has an area of 45.6 km² with 5572 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). This corresponds to a population density of 122 people per km². In 2006 the proportion of foreigners was 15.7% (763), the proportion of German residents 4.2% (205). 4495 people live in the town of the same name (year 2008), the rest of the inhabitants live scattered.
In 1991 there were still 36 illiterate people in the community . The majority of the population has a primary school certificate . The spoken on the island Catalan dialect is Mallorquí called. In 1991 84.06 percent of the population were Mallorcans, 9.7 percent came from other Spanish provinces and 6.24 percent were foreigners. The highest number of inhabitants was noted in 1920 with 6197 people, the lowest in 1981 with 3256, but since then it has been increasing again slowly. The men of Alaró are called Alaronians, the women Alaronera.
City of Alaró
The small town of Alaró, the administrative center of the municipality, is located northeast of Palma at the landside foot of the Serra de Tramuntana . Eight mountain peaks belong to this municipality, the Puig de Sa Font Fresca in the Serra de Tramuntana being the highest at 836 m, and the Puig Ventós at 274 m the lowest.
history
Alaró was first mentioned in a document in 1241 with the name Oloron. But the origin of the name is still in the dark. Two theories are put forward.
The first goes back to the name Ilurone, probably of Iberian origin, which was often used as a city name in historical Spain.
The second theory suggests that the word was derived from the Arabic expression hisn al-rum , ( حصن الروم ) "Roman fortress", where hisn ( حصن ) means "castle" or "fortress" and al-rum , ( الروم ) , "Romans" or " Byzantines " with the article "al" in front of it. Rum would have run out of steam. The term hisn al-arun can be found in a text by Al-Zuhri, in which the conquest of the island in 903 by Islam is described. Al-Zuhri mentions a fortress built in a high and lonely place, a hisn al-arun ( حصن الارون ), which actually means “Aron's fortress”.
The defense of the Castell d'Alaró is inextricably linked to the tragic history of the Kingdom of Mallorca . How far the history of the fortress goes back high up on the 825 meter high Puig d'Alaró is in the dark. The Arabs called it the Christian Castle. It is said to have withstood the attacks of the Moors for eight years when they conquered Mallorca at the beginning of the 10th century. What is certain is that the Arabs recognized the extremely favorable position of the mountain peak and expanded the castle.
Why the Arab governor Benahabat handed over the castle shortly after the Christian reconquest in 1231 without a fight is uncertain. Again the fortress was expanded and modernized. From now on it was considered impregnable. In 1285 the Castell d'Alaró was attacked again, this time by the Aragonese King Alfonso II. His uncle Jaume II , as King of Mallorca, was a vassal of the Crown of Aragón , but was considered unreliable and had secretly allied himself with France was to capture Aragón. Alfonso II led a punitive expedition to Mallorca and was able to conquer Palma in a few days, but not the Castell d'Alaró.
This took a few years. When he finally made it, so the legend goes, King Alfons had the two leaders of the resistance, Guillem Cabrit (billy goat) and Guillem Bassa (Brasa charcoal), roasted alive on two spits, alluding to their names.
This act was the reason for the excommunication of Alfons by the Pope. Jaume got his kingdom of Mallorca back after swearing allegiance to Aragón. When Pere IV of Aragón finally smashed the Kingdom of Mallorca in 1349, the Castell d'Alaró also fell and has remained in ruins to this day.
climate
In Alaró, rainfall is recorded throughout the year. The driest month is July with an average of 11.9 l / m². The highest amount of precipitation within 24 hours was recorded on April 21, 1981 at s'Hort Nou with 175.5 l / m².
Attractions
- Castell d'Alaró 824 meters above sea level NN (with excellent panoramic view).
- Every Saturday there is a weekly market at the town hall.
- Fiesta Sant Pere on June 29th
- Fiesta Sant Roc on August 16th
Others
Alaró is a city without large hotel complexes. Due to the Castell d'Alaró and the hiking opportunities, it is very busy in the high season.
Industry
For over 100 years, miners unearthed the mineral coal in Alaró. In the process, this now-forgotten branch of industry achieved a modest tradition. During the coal boom years, which coincided with the Cuban War (1898) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), there were several hundred miners on the island. In Alaró, Lloseta and Selva they worked up to 200 meters underground, in Biniamar and Sineu in open-cast mines. In 1987 the colliery in Alaró was closed.
Personalities
The Finnish secret service agent and author Otto Kumenius (1912–1996) lived and died in Alaró . The Spanish sculptor Llorenç Rosselló (1867–1901) also lived in the village.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
