Beceite

Beceite parish
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Matarraña
Coordinates	40 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E
Height :	579  msnm
Area :	96.72 km²
Residents :	541 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.59 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44588
Municipality number  ( INE ):	44037
administration
Official language :	spanish and catalan
Mayor :	Juan Enrique Celma Guimerá, PP, Partido Popular
Website :	beceite.blogspot.com

Panorama of Beceite

The Ulldemó at Beceite

Beceite ( Catalan : Beseit ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Teruel in the Autonomous Region of Aragón . It is located on the northwestern edge of the mountains of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit in the Comarca Matarraña (Matarranya) in the predominantly Catalan-speaking area of Franja de Aragón on the upper reaches of the Rio Matarraña and its tributaries Ulldemó and Río Algars on the border with Catalonia . It is part of the Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia . On January 1, 2019, the community had 541 inhabitants.

Toponymy

The place name comes from Moorish times and is derived from bayt Zayd بيت زيد (House of Said).

traffic

Beceite is accessed by the A-2412 road from the neighboring town of Valderrobres .

Attractions

The local ensemble is a listed building.

• The nine old paper mills.
• The stone bridge (Puente de Piedra).
• The Santa Ana Hermitage.
• The Calvary.
• The Archbishop's Palace of Zaragoza .
• Various gates of the earlier town walling, including the gate Portal de San Gregorio.

Individual evidence

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).
2. ↑ https://tools.wmflabs.org/heritage/api/api.php?action=search&srcountry=es&format=html&srid=RI-53-0000638&userlang=de

Web links

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