Alfajarín

Alfajarín municipality
	Alfajarín - Castillo
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Saragossa (Comarca)
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′ N , 0 ° 42 ′ W
Height :	195 msnm
Area :	137.57 km²
Residents :	2,315 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	16.83 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50172
Municipality number ( INE ):	50017
administration
Website :	Alfajarín

Alfajarín is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with 2,315 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Zaragoza in the autonomous community of Aragon .

Location and climate

Alfajarín is located in the valley of the Ebro about 22 km (driving distance) southeast of the city of Saragossa at an altitude of about 195 m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 355 mm / year) falls throughout the year, with the exception of the rather dry summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,018	978	1,221	1,495	2,288

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs in the countryside were more than offset by the proximity to the city of Saragossa.

economy

For centuries, the residents of the place lived directly (as day laborers) or indirectly (as traders or craftsmen) from agriculture, which also included cattle breeding (sheep, goats, chickens). They worked the land of the landlord family as well as their own fields and gardens.

history

So far, no finds have been made from the Celtiberian , Roman or Visigothic times. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced to the north of the Iberian Peninsula ; The place name also comes from this time. The area was after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the city of Zaragoza in 1118 by the Aragonese King Alfonso I christian again. In 1293 the place was transferred from the king to the Cornel family, but several landlords followed until the early 19th century.

Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel

Attractions

The castle (castillo) probably originates from the Moorish times. However, it was rebuilt and expanded in the Middle Ages by the Cornelian family. The best preserved is the keep (torre del homenaje) .

Immediately next to the castle ruins is the Ermita Nuestra Señora de la Peña from the 16th century.

Main attraction in itself is the in the 14th and 15th centuries rather than a largely demolished mosque built Iglesia de San Miguel Arcangel , which is decorated with a diamond motif west facade of one of bricks brick bell tower (campanar) in Mudéjar is accompanied. The nave , spanned by a stitch cap vault , is accompanied by arcade-like side chapels in which carved altars from different eras are located. The altarpiece (retablo) in the semicircular apse is a work of the 19th century.