Novallas

Novallas municipality
	Novallas - town view with Sierra de Moncayo
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Tarazona y el Moncayo
Coordinates	41 ° 57 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 57 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W
Height :	420 msnm
Area :	11.4 km²
Residents :	830 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	72.81 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50510
Municipality number ( INE ):	50190
administration
Website :	Novallas

Novallas is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 830 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Zaragoza in the west of the autonomous region of Aragon . The place belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

Novallas is located on the Río Queiles about 20 km (as the crow flies) north of the Sierra de Moncayo, which is a maximum of 2315 m high, about 88 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Zaragoza near the border with the province of La Rioja at an altitude of about 420 m ; the lovely small town of Tarazona is only about 5 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 465 mm / year) falls over the year with the exception of the summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,077	1,504	1,606	731	838

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs led to a significant decline in the population ( rural exodus ) in the second half of the 20th century .

economy

For centuries, the residents of the village lived directly or indirectly as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included livestock farming. Today orchards and viticulture play important roles in the economic life of the place; In addition, holiday apartments (casas rurales) are 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; around 1120 the area was recaptured by Alfonso I of Aragón ( reconquista ) . Later it belonged to the House of Luna and was disputed between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile ( Guerra de los Dos Pedros 1356-1369) ; this dispute only ended with the marriage of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón in 1469. After the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada (1492), numerous Muslims were resettled to Aragón, where they introduced improvements to the irrigation of the fields; in 1610 all Moriscos were expelled from Spain.

Attractions

Church in Novallas

A castle (castillo) probably only existed since the end of the 12th century; after that the place and castle often changed the landlord (señor) . The old castle was probably destroyed during the "War of the Two Peter". The current building dates from the 15th to 17th centuries; The building, which was completely modernized at the end of the 20th century, now houses the town hall (casa consistorial) .

The church of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora (sometimes also Iglesia de San Marcial ), built in the 17th century instead of a previous Romanesque building, stands in the center of the village. The semicircular apse of the Romanesque church is still preserved. The partly three-aisled church has a rich interior.

The Museo Casa de Novallas is reminiscent of rural life in the past and presents related objects.

Web links

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

Novallas, tourism site - photos + information (Spanish)
Novallas, castle and church - 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] Novallas - climate tables

[3] Novallas - population development

[4] Novallas - History

[5] Novallas - Castillo

[6] Novallas - Castillo

[7] Novallas - Castillo

[8] Jump up ↑ Novallas Church

[9] Jump up ↑ Novallas Church

[10] Novallas Museum