Valjunquera

Valjunquera municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Teruel
Comarca :	Matarraña
Coordinates	40 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 2' E Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ' N , 0 ° 2' E
Height :	552 msnm
Area :	41.84 km²
Residents :	330 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.89 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	44595
Municipality number ( INE ):	44247
administration
Official language :	spanish and catalan
Mayor :	Ismael Brenchat Gil (PAR)

View of the place

Valjunquera ( Catalan : Valljunquera ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Teruel in the autonomous region of Aragón . It is located around 16 kilometers northwest of Valderrobres in the Comarca Matarraña (Matarranya) in the predominantly Catalan-speaking area of Franja de Aragón . On January 1, 2019, the community had 330 inhabitants.

history

In the vicinity of the mainly agrarian community are three archaeological sites from the Iberian era : Mirablanc, Castellar and Lliri. The originally walled place should go back to an Arab foundation; he came to the Order of Calatrava after the Reconquista .