Villarreal de Huerva

Villarreal de Huerva municipality
Villarreal de Huerva - Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel and keep of the castle (castillo)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Campo de Daroca
Coordinates	41 ° 11 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′  N , 1 ° 17 ′  W
Height :	865  msnm
Area :	27.13 km²
Residents :	274 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	10.1 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50490
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50292
administration
Website :	Villarreal de Huerva

Villarreal de Huerva (short Villarreal) is a Spanish place and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 274 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous community of Aragon . The municipality belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Villarreal de Huerva is located on the Río Huerva approx. 70 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Zaragoza near the border with the province of Teruel at an altitude of approx. 865  m . The historically significant town of Daroca is another 16 km to the south-west. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 435 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	470	503	543	182	260

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 inhabitants of the place lived directly (as small farmers or servants) or indirectly (as traders or craftsmen) from agriculture, which also included cattle breeding (sheep, goats, pigs, chickens). They worked on the land of the landlords as well as their own fields and gardens. Today many houses are rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) , mainly in summer .

history

So far, no finds have been made from the Celtiberian , Roman or Visigothic times. In the 8th century Arab-Moorish armies advanced to the north of the Iberian Peninsula . The area was after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the city Daroca in 1120 by the Aragonese King Alfonso I christian again. Later, the place was in the disputed border area between the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile ; the castle was attacked in the " War of the Two Peter ".

Attractions

• In the middle of the village is the restored keep (torre del homenaje) of the 14th century Castillo .
• The church of San Miguel Arcángel was built at the end of the 17th century on the site of a previous building; bedeutendster component is in Mudejar built bell tower (campanar) , the lower part still comes from the previous church. The nave (nature) is side bands stabilized and by a vaulted ceiling covering; the crossing is raised by an unexposed dome . In the apse there is a late baroque altarpiece (retablo) in the style of Churriguerism .

Surroundings

• An approximately ten meter wide single arched stone bridge (Puente de Almada) spans the Río Huerva.
• A pillar (peiron) made of bricks, about 8 m high and provided with niches, stands on a field .
• The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Rosario , located about three kilometers outside the village, dates from the 18th century. It is mainly made of bricks and shows simple Mudejar ornaments.

Web links

Commons : Villarreal de Huerva  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Villarreal de Huerva, sights - photos + brief information (Spanish)
• Villarreal de Huerva, sights - photo + short information (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. ↑ Villarreal de Huerva - climate tables
3. ^ Villarreal de Huerva - population development
4. ^ Villarreal de Huerva - Castillo
5. ↑ Villarreal de Huerva - Church
6. ↑ Villarreal de Huerva - Church
7. ↑ Villarreal de Huerva - Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Rosario