Mequinenza
Mequinenza municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Zaragoza | |
Comarca : | Bajo Cinca | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ E | |
Height : | 75 msnm | |
Area : | 307.45 km² | |
Residents : | 2,324 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 7.56 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 50170 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 50165 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Magdalena Godia Ibarz ( PSOE ) | |
Website : | www.mequinensa.com |
Mequinenza ( Catalan : Mequinensa) is a Spanish municipality in the comarca of Bajo Cinca . It is the only municipality in this comarca that does not belong to the province of Huesca , but to the province of Saragossa . The municipality, located in the far east of the province at the confluence of the Ebro and Segre rivers , had 2324 inhabitants on January 1, 2019.
history
There are several archaeological sites in the municipality. In Roman times the old Octogesa stood here, which was conquered by the Goths during the fall of the Roman Empire , but came to the Berber tribe of Miknasa around 714, from which the place name is derived. The castle was also built during the Berber period. During the Reconquista , King Alfonso el Batallador made a first but unsuccessful attempt at conquest in 1133. In 1149 Mequinenza finally came to Aragon . In the Middle Ages the place was under the rule of the Montcada, who had a new castle built on the heights. In 1348 Mequinenza was ravaged by the plague. During Napoleon's time, General Louis Gabriel Suchet conquered the place called on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1810 . During the Spanish Civil War in the second half of 1938 fighting broke out during the Battle of the Ebro , in which the bridge was destroyed. In 1957 Mequinenza came from the Diocese of Lleida to the Diocese of Saragossa . The Embalse de Mequinenza reservoir was built in 1957 and the old town ("Poble Vell") was demolished when the dam was built. The new place was built on a regular floor plan on the right bank of the Segre .
language
The municipality in the Franja de Aragón is bilingual. The original language is Catalan .
economy
Mequinenza's economy is based on trade, declining mining (lignite), textile industry; Livestock (pigs and poultry), almond, olive, fruit (cherries and peaches) and cereal cultivation as well as tourism (sport fishing; water sports in the Embalse de Mequinenza and the Pantà de Riba-roja ).
Personalities
From Mequinenza the writer comes Jesús Moncada (1941-2005), of his home by his book The sinking city made (dt .: Frankfurt 2001) known to the football coach Raul Agné , the historian Edmon Vallés , the painter Miguel Ibarz and Santiago Estruga and the composer José Soler Casabón .
Population development
Development since 1842 | |||||||||||||||
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1842 | 1877 | 1887 | 1897 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2008 |
1370 | 2587 | 2587 | 2678 | 2842 | 3427 | 4228 | 3296 | 3566 | 3754 | 5784 | 3026 | 2663 | 2757 | 2486 | 2500 |
Attractions
- Castillo de Mequinenza in a dominant mountain location with seven towers.
Town twinning
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).