Belchite
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Zaragoza | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 45 ′ W | |
Height : | 440 msnm | |
Area : | 273.7 km² | |
Residents : | 1,505 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 5.5 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 50130 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 50045 | |
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Website : | www.belchite.es |
Belchite is a Spanish municipality with about 1500 inhabitants in the province of Zaragoza . The site was the site of the 1937 Battle of Belchite in the Spanish Civil War , in which the city was almost completely destroyed. Today's Belchite ( Belchite nuevo ) was rebuilt next to the ruins of the old city.
Belchite is about 50 kilometers southeast of Zaragoza . It is the capital of the Comarca (administrative unit) Campo de Belchite .
The ruins of the destroyed city were preserved in memory of the horrors of war. Today they are a sight of the place. They were the location for the films Pan's Labyrinth and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .
Web links
Commons : Belchite - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the municipality (Spanish)
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).