Alcampell
Alcampell municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Huesca | |
Comarca : | La litera | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 26' E | |
Height : | 499 msnm | |
Area : | 58.0 km² | |
Residents : | 631 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 10.88 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 22560 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 22016 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Josep Antoni Chauvell Larregola ( PSOE ) | |
Website : | Website in Catalan ( Memento of December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) |
Alcampell ( El Campell in Catalan ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca La Litera in the predominantly Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón .
Municipal area
The now uninhabited exclave Pelegriñón (Catalan Pelegrinyó) with a small Romanesque church and the hermitage of Santa Ana belongs to the community .
history
Traces of Iberian settlement have been found in the municipality. The local history, however, only begins with the defensive system (with a fortress) that was established in the time of the Moors . Around 1090, the Christian reconquest by Count Armengol IV. Von Urgell took place . The place is mentioned for the first time in 1098. In the period that followed, Alcampell was at the intersection of the interests of the Counts of Urgell and the kings of Aragon. In 1785 the separation from Tamarite de Litera took place .
Population development since 1900
1900 | 1910 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1978 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2004 | 2008 |
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1,863 | - | - | - | 1.941 | - | - | 1,358 | 1,075 | 1,015 | 873 | 849 | 796 |
Attractions
- Mudejar style church of Santa Margarita from the 16th century
- Hermitage of Santa Margarita
- Bellet Tower
- Several wells
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).