Valderrobres

Valderrobres municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Matarraña
Coordinates	40 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 53 '  N , 0 ° 9'  E
Height :	508  msnm
Area :	124.04 km²
Residents :	2,425 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	19.55 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44580
Municipality number  ( INE ):	44246
administration
Official language :	spanish and catalan
Mayor :	Carlos Luis Boné Amela ( PP )
Website :	vallderoures.com

Castle and church

Valderrobres ( Catalan : Vall-de-roures ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Teruel in the Autonomous Region of Aragón . It is dominated by the table mountain Peña Aznar, which reaches a height of 1014 meters, and is the capital of the Comarca Matarraña (Matarranya) in the predominantly Catalan-speaking area of ​​the Franja de Aragón on the Rio Matarraña . It is part of the Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia . On January 1, 2019, the community had 2,425 inhabitants.

geography

The old district (la vila) lies north of a bend in the river, while the newer part (l'arrabal) lies south of this.

history

The settlement is traced back to the Ibero-Romanesque period. During the Reconquista , King Alfonso II of Aragon gave the place, whose name means "Valley of the Oaks", to the diocese, later the Archdiocese of Saragossa . As a fief, the place came to Fortún Robert, a canon of the cathedral in Saragossa . The castle also belonged to the archbishops. King Alfonso V held the Parliament of Cortes de Aragón here in 1429.

Economy and Transport

Valderrobres has an industrial area (Torre Sancho) and several hotels. The place is on the A-231 and A-1414 roads. The Ferrocarril del Val de Zafán railway, opened in 1942, passed Valderrobres at some distance; it was shut down in 1973. The Vía Verde de la Val de Zafán cycle path was set up on it.

Attractions

Castle and bridge over the Matarraña River

Rose window of the church

• The Gothic castle (Castillo-Palacio), protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1983.
• The church of Santa María la Mayor, modeled on the Cathedral of Tarragona , also protected since 1983.
• Casa de los Moles
• town hall
• The stone bridge (Puente de Piedra) with the gate of San Roque (Sant Roc).
• Two hermitages in the area

Personalities

• The opera singer Elvira de Hidalgo (1888–1980), born here.

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

Commons : Valderrobres  - collection of images, videos and audio files