Albarracín

Albarracín
Municipality

Albarracín, in a meander of the Guadalaviar River, viewed from Torre del Andador.

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Albarracín

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 40°24′30″N 1°26′22″W / 40.40833°N 1.43944°W / 40.40833; -1.43944Coordinates: 40°24′30″N 1°26′22″W / 40.40833°N 1.43944°W / 40.40833; -1.43944
Country  Spain
Autonomous community Aragón
Province Teruel
Comarca Sierra de Albarracín
Judicial district Teruel
Government
 • Alcalde Francisco Martí Soriano (2007) (PAR)
Area
 • Total 452.72 km2 (174.80 sq mi)
Elevation 1,182 m (3,878 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 1,049
 • Density 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Albarracinense, -a
Albarriciense, -a
Lobetano, -a
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 44100
Dialing code 978
Website Official website

Albarracín is a Spanish town, in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of Aragon. According to the 2007 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 1075 inhabitants. Albarracín is the capital of the mountainous Sierra de Albarracín Comarca[1]

Albarracín is surrounded by stony hills and the town was declared a Monumento Nacional in 1961.[2]

History

The town is named for the Hawwara Berber dynasty of the Banu Razin which was their capital from the early eleventh century until it was taken by the Almoravids in 1104.[3]

From 1167 to 1300, Albarracín was an independent lordship known as the Sinyoría d'Albarrazín which was established after the partition of the Taifa of Albarracín under the control of Pedro Ruiz de Azagra. It was eventually conquered by Peter III of Aragon in 1284, and the ruling family, the House of Azagra was deposed. The last person to actually hold the title of Señor de Albarracín was Juan Núñez I de Lara, although his son, Juan Núñez II de Lara continued on as the pretender to the title until 1300 when the city and its lands were officially incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon.

Albarracín, tower of the Albarracín Cathedral and Northern walls (with Torre del Andador on top)

Geography

The town is located in a meander of the Guadalaviar River. The Sierra de Albarracín mountain range rises to the South and West of the town.

Demographic growth

Albarracín demographic trend[4]
1857 1887 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2006
Population 1,883 1,953 1,897 1,689 1,688 1,576 1,582 1,4671,3761,1871,0681,1641,050 1,076

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References

  1. ↑ Sierra de Albarracín
  2. ↑ Albarracín, El pueblo más bonito de España
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Hugh (2014). Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of Al-Andalus. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 9781317870418.
  4. ↑ Fuente: Población de hecho según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España. Alteraciones de los municipios en los Censos de Población desde 1842, Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Series de población de los municipios de España desde 1996. Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine.
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