Jarque de Moncayo

Jarque de Moncayo municipality
Jarque de Moncayo - town view with castle
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Aranda (Spain)
Coordinates	41 ° 33 ′  N , 1 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′  N , 1 ° 40 ′  W
Height :	710  msnm
Area :	43 km²
Residents :	435 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	10.12 inh / km²
Postal code :	50258
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50130
administration
Website :	Jarque de Moncayo

Jarque de Moncayo ( Jarque for short ) is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 435 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the west of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous region of Aragon . The place belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Jarque de Moncayo lies on both banks of the Río Aranda about 94 km (driving distance) west of the provincial capital Saragossa at an altitude of about 630 to 710  m ; the lovely town of Calatayud is located a good 46 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 440 mm / year) falls spread over the year with the exception of the rather dry summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,352	1,441	1,148	583	448

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs led to a significant decline in the rural population since the beginning of the 20th century; this migrated to the smaller and larger cities ( rural exodus ).

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived directly or indirectly as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included livestock farming. Today there are numerous fruit trees and vegetable fields. Apartments (casas rurales) are also rented out.

history

Traces of Celtiberian , Roman and Visigoth settlement have not yet been discovered. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced into the upper Ebro Valley; a large number of Muslims lived in Jarque (Siarchum) . Around 1120 the area was recaptured by Alfonso I of Aragon ( reconquista ) . It was later disputed between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile . The territorial dispute with Castile only ended with the marriage of the Catholic kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón in 1469. In the years 1609 to 1615 all Moriscos were asked again to publicly profess Christianity or to emigrate.

Attractions

• The construction of the castle (castillo) , which is now in ruins, is attributed to Lope Fernández de Luna and dates back to the time of the war between Aragón and Castile ( Guerra de los Dos Pedros ) . The tall, conically bevelled corner towers are unusual .
• The single-nave parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Presentación dates from the 17th century; it was a mixture of breakage , tool and brick built. The bell tower (campanar) , made entirely of bricks, dates from the same period. The nave , lined with side chapels , is covered by a stitch cap vault; the apse closes flat on the outside and polygonal on the inside.

Web links

Commons : Jarque de Moncayo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jarque de Moncayo, tourism site - photos + information (Spanish)

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. ↑ Jarque de Moncayo - Climate tables
3. ↑ Jarque de Moncayo - population development
4. ↑ Jarque de Moncayo - Castillo
5. ↑ Jarque de Moncayo - Castillo
6. ↑ Jarque de Moncayo - Iglesia