Comunidad de Calatayud

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Location of the Comunidad de Calatayud in Aragon and location of the individual municipalities
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The Comunidad de Calatayud ( German community Calatayud ) is a comarca ( administrative unit ) of the autonomous region of Aragon in Spain . It has around 40,000 inhabitants (as of 2013) on an area of ​​2,518 km². It is named after the capital Calatayud , which is also the largest of the 67 associated municipalities and makes up about half of the population.

The comarca was formed by the law of the Autonomous Community of Aragon of June 18, 2001, which also contains the basic provisions of its constitution.

location

The Comunidad de Calatayud is located in the southwest of the province of Saragossa and borders in the west on the old Castilian province of Soria , in the north on the comarcas Aranda and Valdejalón , in the east on the comarcas Campo de Cariñena and Campo de Daroca and in the south on the New Castilian province of Guadalajara .

Communities

Among the comarcas in Aragon, the Comunidad de Calatayud comprises most of the municipalities. In addition to Calatayud, these are Abanto , Alarba , Alconchel de Ariza , Alhama de Aragón , Aniñón , Arándiga , Ariza , Ateca , Belmonte de Gracián , Berdejo , Bijuesca , Bordalba , Bubierca , Cabolafuente , Calmarza , Campillo de Aragón , Carenas , Castejón , Castejón de las Armas , Cervera de la Cañada , Cetina , Cimballa , Clarés de Ribota , Codos , Contamina , Embid de Ariza , El Frasno , Fuentes de Jiloca , Godojos , Ibdes , Jaraba , Malanquilla , Maluenda , Mara , Miedes de Aragón , Monreal de Ariza , Monterde , Montón , Morata de Jiloca , Morés , Moros , Munébrega , Nigüella , Nuévalos , Olvés , Orera , Paracuellos de Jiloca , Paracuellos de la Ribera , Pozuel de Ariza , Ruesca , Sabiñán , Sediles , Sisamón , Terrer , Tobed , Torralba de Ribota , Torrehermosa , Torrelapaja , Torrijo de la Cañada , Valtorres , Velilla de Jiloca , La Vilueña , Villafeliche , Villalba de Perejil , Villalengua and Villarroya de la Sierra . Originally, the Comunidad was even larger and included parishes that now belonged to the provinces of Guadalajara and Soria .

Attractions

The cultural heritage of the comarca includes the old town of Calatayud with several churches in the Baroque and Mudejar styles. A medieval castle towers over the city, the eponymous Castillo de Ayub . Six kilometers from the center of Calatayud are the ruins of the Roman Bilbilis , where the poet Martial was born. In addition to Calatayud, the churches of Cervera de la Cañada, Morata de Jiloca, Belmonte de Gracián or Ateca also have Mudejar-style towers.

In addition, the Monasterio de Piedra , a former Cistercian monastery from the late 12th century, should be mentioned. It is located near Nuévalos and is surrounded by a natural park, amazing for the dry southern Aragon, with rich flora and ponds for fish farming. In part of the former monastery there is now a hotel.

Both in the valley of the Río Jalón and in the valley of the Río Manubles there are several castle ruins, most of which can be traced back to the destruction by Castilian invaders during the " War of the Two Peter " (1356-1363).

In Paracuellos, Alhama de Aragón and Jaraba there are spas that were very popular at the end of the 19th century. The spa facilities have been modernized in the last few decades and the number of visitors has increased again. The largest warm water lake in Spain is located in the municipality of Alhama de Aragón.

Parish list

local community Population
as of January 1, 2019
Abanto 100
Alarba 124
Alconchel de Ariza 62
Alhama de Aragon 1020
Aniñón 706
Arandiga 302
Ariza 1115
Ateca 1762
Belmonte de Gracián 197
Berdejo 47
Bijuesca 94
Bordalba 56
Bubierca 66
Cabolafuente 33
Calatayud 20,024
Calmarza 57
Campillo de Aragon 147
Carenas 213
Castejón de Alarba 91
Castejón de las Armas 87
Cervera de la Cañada 271
Cetina 593
Cimballa 97
Clarés de Ribota 66
Codos 234
Contamina 37
Embid de Ariza 37
El Frasno 380
Fuentes de Jiloca 231
Godojos 54
Ibdes 404
Jaraba 280
Malanquilla 92
Maluenda 922
Mara 168
Miedes de Aragon 433
Monreal de Ariza 200
Monterde 157
Montón 94
Morata de Jiloca 302
Morés 323
Moros 343
Munébrega 371
Nigüella 62
Nuévalos 310
Olvés 104
Orera 114
Paracuellos de Jiloca 592
Paracuellos de la Ribera 143
Pozuel de Ariza 21st
Ruesca 78
Sabiñán 723
Sediles 102
Sisamón 29
Terrer 447
Tobed 214
Torralba de Ribota 174
Torrehermosa 59
Torrelapaja 32
Torrijo de la Cañada 199
Valtorres 61
Velilla de Jiloca 87
Villafeliche 166
Villalba de Perejil 96
Villalengua 313
Villarroya de la Sierra 446
La Vilueña 72

Web links

Commons : Comunidad de Calatayud  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ↑ Law 9/2001, of June 18, on the formation of the Comarca of the Comunidad de Calatayud, Boletín Oficial del Estado of July 10, 2001, p. 24947
  2. ↑ Art. 1, Paragraph 1 of Law 9/2001.
  3. ↑ 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).