Aranda de Moncayo
Aranda de Moncayo municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Zaragoza | |
Comarca : | Aranda (Spain) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ W | |
Height : | 910 msnm | |
Area : | 91.2 km² | |
Residents : | 152 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 1.67 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 50259 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 50031 | |
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Website : | Aranda de Moncayo |
Aranda de Moncayo ( Aranda for short ) is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 152 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the north-west of the province of Saragossa in the west of the autonomous region of Aragon . The place belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .
Location and climate
The place Aranda de Moncayo is located on a hill above the Río Aranda at the foot of the Sierra de Moncayo, which is a maximum of 2315 m high, about 107 km (driving distance) west of the provincial capital of Saragossa near the border with the old Castilian province of Soria at an altitude of about 910 m ; the lovely town of Calatayud is just 50 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 510 mm / year) falls throughout the year with the exception of the summer months.
Population development
year | 1857 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2017 |
Residents | 1,370 | 1,570 | 1,136 | 247 | 174 |
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 Celtiberian and Roman settlement have been discovered at the Aratikos archaeological site . In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced into the upper Ebro Valley; the local castle is sometimes associated with the Moors . Around 1120 the area was recaptured by Alfonso I of Aragon ( reconquista ) . Later it was disputed between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile ; The then King Peter IV of Aragón gave the place in 1373 in the hands of the Knightly Order of San Jorge de Alfama . The territorial dispute with Castile did not end until the marriage of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón in 1469. In 1508 the county of Aranda (Condado de Aranda) was created.
Attractions
- A castle (castillo) probably already existed in Moorish times; it was later taken over by the order of knights of Alfama, renewed and defended against Castilian attacks.
- Several noble houses (palacios) from the 16th to 18th centuries are located in the Plaza Mayor .
- The small Archaeological Museum Espacio Expositivo Aratikos y la Celtiberia is located by the town hall (Casa consistorial) .
- The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates from the mid-16th century. While the church was built largely from rough but plastered rubble stone, the - after restoration - the almost modern-looking bell storey of the tower is made of bricks in Mudejar style . The nave and the polygonal choir are spanned by late Gothic star vaults; here there are several carved altarpieces (retablos) .
- Surroundings
- Of the three former hermit churches (ermitas) , only the Ermita de San Roque , built in 1653, is in good condition.
- Two shrines (peirónes) also belong to the townscape.
Web links
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).
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo - Climate tables
- ^ Aranda de Moncayo - population development
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo - Castillo
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo - Castillo
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo Museum
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo - Church
- ↑ Aranda de Moncayo - Church