Fraga (Huesca)

Fraga municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Bajo Cinca
Coordinates	41 ° 31 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 31 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ E
Height :	120 msnm
Area :	437.64 km²
Residents :	15,033 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	34.35 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22520
Municipality number ( INE ):	22112
administration
Mayor :	José Luis Moret Ramírez ( PP )
Website :	www.fraga.org

Fraga with San Pedro Church

Fraga is a city in the province of Huesca in the autonomous region of Aragón in Spain and at the same time the capital of the Comarca Bajo Cinca . The municipality, which is very extensive in terms of area, had 15,033 inhabitants on January 1, 2019. Located in the valley of the Cinca , Fraga is the largest town of the traditional Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón (the local dialect is called fragatino or fragatí). The city has two parts connected by bridges on both banks of the Cinca, Fraga la Vieja and Las Afueras (Fraga la Nueva) and an industrial area.

history

The settlement of the place goes back to pre-Roman times. North of the city was the Roman Villa Fortunatus . It is believed that the city of Gallica Flavia mentioned by Ptolemy could be Fraga.

After the Moorish conquest in 714, the city of Medina Afraga was created, to which the historical center goes back. After the fall of the Caliphate of Cordoba in 1010, the city came under the rule of Zaragoza and Lleida . King Alfonso I tried in vain to capture it at the Battle of Fraga in 1134 . Simultaneously with Lleida, it was conquered in 1149. As a result, the city was disputed between Aragon and Catalonia . In 1391 Fraga got a market. In 1610 the Morisks were expelled. In the War of the Spanish Succession , Fraga was given the name "ciudad" in 1709 and the title "vencedora y fidelisima" in 1710.

View of the city in 1779

During the War of Independence Fraga was occupied by French troops. During the civil war, the city was under anarcho-syndicalist rule.

Church affiliation

From 1149 to 1995 the city belonged to the diocese of Lleida , since then to the diocese of Barbastro-Monzón .

Population development

economy

In the area of the city like the comarca, agriculture predominates. In the "huerta" mainly peaches and apples are grown. The figs from Fraga, which are hardly produced today, were famous. Grain is grown on the heights, along with olives , almonds and sunflowers. There are also various livestock farms in the municipality. The tertiary sector employs around a third of the population.

A small sample fair takes place every year. A logistic platform is located on the A2 motorway, which, like the AP2 motorway and the N II national road, runs through the urban area.

Attractions

Romanesque capital of the parish church

Torre de los Frailes

Parish church of San Pedro with Romanesque capitals
Palacio Montcada
The castle ruins, which were converted into an exhibition space in 2007.
Torre de los Frailes
Outside the village the Villa Fortunatus.

Town twinning

France France Tarascon
Nicaragua Nicaragua Catarina

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).

literature

Francisco Castillón Cortada: Fraga. La sultana del Cinca. Excmo Ayuntamiento de Fraga, Fraga 1975, ISBN 84-500-6634-4 .
Fraga en la antigüedad. MI Ayuntamiento de Fraga, Fraga 1992, ISBN 84-606-0819-0 .
Félix J. Montón Broto (Ed.): Comarca del Bajo Cinca. Diputación General de Aragón, Zaragoza 2004, ISBN 84-96223-55-8 .

Web links

Commons : Fraga - collection of images, videos and audio files

CAI Aragon-Fraga

[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).