Nuévalos

Nuévalos municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Comunidad de Calatayud
Coordinates	41 ° 13 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 13 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E
Height :	724  msnm
Area :	41.8 km²
Residents :	310 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.42 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50210
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50192
administration
Mayor :	Manuel Peiro Cobacho ( PSOE )

View from Nuévales at sunset.

Nuévalos is a Spanish municipality in the Zaragoza province of the Aragón Autonomous Region . It is located in the Comarca Comunidad de Calatayud about 26 km southwest of Calatayud on the A-202 road at the Embalse de la Tranquera reservoir and had 310 inhabitants on January 1, 2019. The municipality includes the villages of Nuévalos, Lugar Nuevo, Monasterio de Piedra and La Tranquera.

history

Nuévalos is first handed down in 1156, when Raimund Berengar of Barcelona gave the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Calatayud sovereignty over the place. The church already existed as a foundation of the Bishop of Tarazona in 1228. During the war of Peter , the castle withstood the attack of King Peter I of Castile . In 1372 Nuévalos was confirmed in possession of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher.

Church assignment

Nuévalos belongs to the diocese of Tarazona .

Attractions

Tower of the castle

• The Piedra Monastery, founded in 1194
• Ruins of the castle
• The single nave church of San Julián
• Several hermitages
• The Embalse de la Tranquera reservoir fed by the Río Piedra
• The salt pans that were abandoned in the middle of the 20th century

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).

Web links

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