Cretas

Cretas municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Matarraña
Coordinates	40 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 13' E Coordinates: 40 ° 56 ' N , 0 ° 13' E
Height :	563 msnm
Area :	52.66 km²
Residents :	567 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	10.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44623
Municipality number ( INE ):	44086
administration
Official language :	spanish and catalan
Mayor :	Fernando Javier Camps Juan ( PP de Aragón )
Website :	www.queretes.net/municipio.htm

The main square, Placa Mayor

Typical gate entrance

Cretas ( Catalan : Cretes or Queretes ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Teruel in the Autonomous Region of Aragón . It is located in the foothills of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit in the Comarca Matarraña (Matarranya) in the predominantly Catalan-speaking area of the Franja de Aragón between the Rio Matarraña and the Río Algars and the municipalities of Calaceite and Valderrobres on the border with Catalonia . On January 1, 2019, the community had 567 inhabitants.

history

Stone Age cave drawings can be found in the area of the municipality. There are also traces of Iberian settlement . With the Reconquista the place came to the order of Calatrava .

traffic

Cretas is on the A-1413 road. Another street leads to the neighboring town of Lledó . The Vía Verde de la Val de Zafán cycle path was established on the former railway line .

Attractions

Facade of the church

The Assumption Church, which has been a listed building since 2001, has a Mannerist facade.

Sons and daughters

Palmira Pla Pechovierto (1914–2007), educator, elected in 1977 as a member of parliament for the PSOE for the constituency of Castelló de la Plana .
Juan José Omella Omella (* 1946), Roman Catholic clergyman, cardinal and Archbishop of Barcelona.

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 : Cretas - collection of images, videos and audio files

[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).