Lucena de Jalón

Municipality of Lucena de Jalón
Lucena de Jalón - View of the town
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Valdejalón
Coordinates	41 ° 33 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′  N , 1 ° 19 ′  W
Height :	325  msnm
Area :	10.31 km²
Residents :	240 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	23.28 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50294
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50146
administration
Website :	Lucena de Jalón

Lucena de Jalón ( Lucena for short ) is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 240 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous region of Aragon in northeastern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Lucena de Jalón is located on the east bank of the Río Jalón a good 47 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Saragossa at an altitude of about 325  m . The climate is temperate to warm; the rather sparse rain (approx. 365 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	480	478	509	251	237

The increasing drought, the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of numerous small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor in rural areas led to a halving of the population in the second half of the 20th century. The hamlet (pedanía) Berbedel , which still has around 10 inhabitants, also belongs to the municipality .

economy

For centuries, the town's residents were essentially self-sufficient ; There were no grocery stores or markets, or only rarely. Even the few traders, craftsmen and service providers essentially provided themselves with everything they needed for life. The situation only improved with the improvement of the infrastructure in the second half of the 20th century.

history

In Roman times, the place was probably on the road connecting Emerita Augusta ( Mérida ) via Augusta Bilbilis ( Calatayud ) to Caesaraugusta ( Saragossa ). In the 8th century the area was overrun by Arab-Moorish armies, which made Saragossa the provincial capital of the emirate (later caliphate) of Córdoba . During its collapse, the provincial governors made themselves independent and founded the Taifa Kingdom of Zaragoza (1018–1110). A few years later (1118) the Moors were pushed south by Alfonso I of Aragón ( reconquista ) . After that, changing landlord families determined the fortunes of the place.

Attractions

The parish church of the village is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Anthony of Padua and dates from the 18th century. It is - in Mudejar style - built almost entirely from bricks . On both sides of the vaulted nave there are side chapels , which contribute significantly to the stability of the building. The bell tower (campanar) was renewed around the middle of the 20th century.

Web links

Commons : Lucena de Jalón  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lucena de Jalón, tourism site - photo + brief 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. ↑ Lucena de Jalón - Climate tables
3. ↑ Lucena de Jalón - Population development
4. ↑ Lucena de Jalón - Church