Trasmoz

Trasmoz municipality
	Trasmoz - town view with castle ruins (castillo)
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Tarazona y el Moncayo
Coordinates	41 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 50 ′ N , 1 ° 43 ′ W
Height :	765 msnm
Area :	18.26 km²
Residents :	86 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.71 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50583
Municipality number ( INE ):	50265
administration
Website :	Trasmoz

Trasmoz is a northern Spanish city and a municipality ( municipio ) with 86 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Zaragoza in the western autonomous region of Aragon . The place belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

Trasmoz is only about 12 km (as the crow flies) northeast of the Sierra de Moncayo, which is a maximum of 2315 m high, about 81 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Saragossa near the border with the old Castilian province of Soria at an altitude of about 700 to 765 m ; the small towns of Tarazona and Borja are about 15 km north and 18 km east, respectively. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 485 mm / year) falls throughout the year with the exception of the summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	384	340	287	60	86

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 , Visigoth and even Moorish 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 ) ; During this time the excommunication was imposed on the entire village , which has not been lifted to this day. The conflict between the two kingdoms only ended with the marriage of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1469.

Attractions

Trasmoz - place, church and castle ruins

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 castle was probably destroyed during the "War of the Two Peter". In the restored keep (torre del homenaje) there is now a small museum on local history.

The church Nuestra Señora de la Huerta , built in the 16th century instead of a Romanesque predecessor, stands on the outskirts. The Romanesque portal with a chrismon is still preserved. The nave (nature) has a simple wooden barrel vault ; the polygonally broken apse is spanned by a late Gothic star vault.