Sos del Rey Católico

Sos del Rey Católico municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Cinco Villas
Coordinates	42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W
Height :	652  msnm
Area :	216.62 km²
Residents :	590 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.72 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50680
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50248
administration
Mayor :	Ignacio Machín Alegre ( PSOE )
Website :	www.sosdelreycatolico.com

Sos del Rey Católico

The place Sos del Rey Católico is located in the northwest of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain in the Comarca Cinco Villas ( Five Small Towns ). The community had 590 inhabitants on January 1, 2019. Sos includes the localities of Barués, Campo Real, Mamillas and Sofuentes.

history

The place should have been inhabited as early as Roman times. It was under Moorish rule for a short time , but was attached to the Kingdom of Aragon by Ramiro I in 1044 . In 1452, the Infante Ferdinand, who later became King Ferdinand the Catholic, was born here, who gave the place its nickname. In 1711 Sos became the capital of the Comarca Cinco Villas . In 1968 the town center was placed under monument protection as Conjunto histórico-artístico . The location was the location of the film La vaquilla in 1985

Attractions

• San Esteban Church with a crypt
• City wall with several gates
• Casa Consistorial (Town Hall)

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).

literature

• Guide Total: Pirineo Aragonès. 3rd edition, Grupo Anaya, Madrid 2005, ISBN 84-9776-047-6 , pp. 164-166.

Web links

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