Andorra (Teruel)

Andorra municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Andorra-Sierra de Arcos
Coordinates	40 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W
Height :	714 msnm
Area :	141.36 km²
Residents :	7,472 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	52.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44500
Municipality number ( INE ):	44025
administration
Mayor :	Luis Ángel Romero Rodríguez ( IU )
Website :	www.andorraragon.com

Panoramic view of Andorra

Andorra is a municipality in the province of Teruel in the autonomous region of Aragón in Spain . It is located in the comarca of Andorra-Sierra de Arcos and had 7,472 inhabitants on January 1, 2019. This placed it in third place in terms of population in the province (behind Teruel and Alcañiz ).

history

The Iberian settlement from the 5th century BC, now known as Poblado de El Cabo, was located near the village. Andorra was first mentioned by the Moors in 1149 when it was conquered by Ramón Berenguer IV of Barcelona . Andorra was initially a cattle breeding center in the Albalate del Arzobispo, around 20 km to the north, and as such is traced back to a (not to be identified) saint Makarius ( San Macario ). For support in the conquest of Valencia , Andorra received the title of Muy Noble Villa from King James I (Aragón) .

population

Development from 1900 to 2009
1900	1920	1940	1960	1981	1991	1996	2001	2004	2009
2,510	3,014	2,978	7,795	8,167	8,680	8,282	7,816	7,883	8,403

economy

The Teruel power plant

While agriculture (arable farming and cattle breeding) predominated in the past, from 1950 the mining of brown coal (lignite) gained increasing importance, which was carried out in open-cast mining from 1980. The Teruel power plant , a thermal power plant with an output of 1050 megawatts and a 343 m high chimney , was then built in Andorra .

Attractions

San Macario Hermitage

Natividad de Nuestra Señora Church

Virgen del Pilar Hermitage

Hermitage and Park of San Macario

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).

Web links

Commons : Andorra - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Andorra. In: Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa (Spanish)
Andorra. CAI Aragon
Culture and tourism patronage

[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).