Torrevelilla

Torrevelilla municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Bajo Aragon
Coordinates	40 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 6' E Coordinates: 40 ° 54 ' N , 0 ° 6' E
Height :	611 msnm
Area :	33.50 km²
Residents :	186 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.55 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44641
Municipality number ( INE ):	44230
administration
Official language :	spanish and catalan
Mayor :	Carlos Eugenio Martín Silvestre (PSOE)
Website :	[1] (not official)

Torrevelilla ( Catalan : La Torre de Vilella ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Teruel in the Autonomous Region of Aragón . It is located around 17 kilometers south of Alcañiz in the Comarca Bajo Aragón (Baix Aragó) in the predominantly Catalan-speaking area of Franja de Aragón . On January 1, 2019, the community had 186 inhabitants.

geography

The community lies on a plain at the foot of the Sierra de San Marcos.

history

In 1611 the parish was established. The place was under the order of Calatrava and was constituted as an independent municipality in the 19th century. The place suffered damage during the Spanish Civil War.

language

Iso-closed in the Bajo Aragón and in the Matarraña

The Catalan dialect (Parlar d'Aiguaiva) spoken here and in the municipalities of La Cañada de Verich , Aguaviva and La Ginebrosa has some peculiarities.

economy

Agriculture mainly produces olives, almonds and cereals, pigs, poultry, goats and sheep are also raised.

Residents

Development of the population
2001	2006	2011	2013
205	204	216	211

Attractions

The church of Santa Quiteria, rebuilt until 1953 after the Spanish Civil War .
town hall
Houses Ruiz and Conrado Vallés
Two wash houses
Hermitage of San Joaquín
The former home of Pelegrina Vallés with an ethnological exhibition.

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).

Web links

Commons : La Torre de Vilella - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[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).