Torres de Albarracín

Torres de Albarracín municipality
Torres de Albarracín - town center
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Sierra de Albarracín
Coordinates	40 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 1 ° 32 ′  W
Height :	1235  msnm
Area :	28.31 km²
Residents :	180 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6.36 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44111
Municipality number  ( INE ):	44229
administration
Website :	Torres de Albarracín

Torres de Albarracín is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 180 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Teruel in the southwest of the autonomous region of Aragon in eastern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Torres de Albarracín is located on the Río Guadalaviar in the southeast of the Iberian Mountains about 50 km (driving distance) northwest of the city of Teruel at an altitude of about 1235  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 525 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	636	489	444	161	178

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

economy

For centuries the community lived exclusively from growing grain ( barley and wheat ), which was mainly operated for self-sufficiency ; livestock farming (sheep, goats, chickens) also took place to a small extent. The place Torres de Albarracín served as a mercantile, handicraft and cultural center for the hamlets and farmsteads in its area, which have now mostly disappeared. Today agriculture still plays the most important role; There is hardly any income from tourism.

history

In the 1st millennium BC Celtiberian tribal groups of the Lobetans probably settled in the region . Roman and Visigoth traces have not yet been discovered. During the period of the gradual collapse of the Caliphate of Cordoba , the Berber dynasty of the Banu Racin founded a short-lived Taifa emirate . In the early 13th century the place became Christian.

Attractions

• The parish church of San Miguel , built in the 17th century, is dedicated to the Archangel Michael . The three-aisled interior is vaulted.
• The single-nave Ermita de San Roque , dating from the 18th century, stands on the outskirts.
• The town hall (ayuntamiento) is housed in an 18th century building.
• The Casona Villarejo is the largest civil building in town.

Web links

Commons : Torres de Albarracín  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Torres de Albarracín - Photo, Video + Quick Facts (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. ↑ Torres de Albarracín - climate tables
3. ↑ Torres de Albarracín - population development