Villarroya de los Pinares

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Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain
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Villarroya
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Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain
Coordinates: 40°32′N0°40′W / 40.533°N 0.667°W / 40.533; -0.667
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Aragon.svg Aragon
Province Flag of Teruel (province).svg Teruel
Region Maestrazgo
Area
 • Total66.41 km2 (25.64 sq mi)
Elevation
1,337 m (4,386 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
 • Total160
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
Website http://www.villarroyadelospinares.es

Villarroya de los Pinares is a municipality located in the Maestrazgo [2] region, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 190 inhabitants.

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It is in the northern part of the Gúdar mountain range next to the Guadalope River at an altitude of 1,337 meters and at a distance of 51 km from the provincial capital, Teruel on the A-226 road.

Local Policy

Last mayors of Villarroya de los Pinares

PeriodMayorParty
1979–1983Juan Ramón López Ariño [3] [4]
1983–1987
1987–1991
1991–1995
1995–1999
1999–2003
2003–2007
2007–2011
2011–2015Arturo Martín Calvo [5]

Demography

Like many other municipalities in the province of Teruel and the province as a whole, Villarroya de los Pinares has a low population density (close to 3 inhabitants / km²). For decades, the municipality has experienced a gradual depopulation of its territory, in parallel to the aging of its inhabitants, as has happened in so many other places of mainly agricultural and livestock vocation, located in the plateaus and mountain ranges of inland Spain.

Demographic Evolution [6] [7] [8]
Year1900191019201930194019501960197019801981
Population1,095942875772641628574400249
Year1991199219931994199519961997199819992000
Population218214203200201
Year2001200220032004200520062007200820092010
Population192196193190188194194187190177
Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Population172163164160163160155160172161
Year2021202220232024202520262027202820292030
Population187

Economy

Traditionally, its source of livelihood is agriculture and livestock. More recently, rural tourism has begun to become one more reason to visit the municipality. Nearby are the ski slopes of the Sierra de Gúdar. The abundant hunting and fishing are additional attractions.

Buildings

Hermitage of San Benon, Villarroya de los Pinares (Teruel). Ermita de San Benon, Villarroya de los Pinares (Teruel).jpg
Hermitage of San Benón, Villarroya de los Pinares (Teruel).
Tower in Villarroya de los Pinares. Torreon (Villarroya de los Pinares, Teruel, Aragon).jpg
Tower in Villarroya de los Pinares.
Alegre y Pellicer Ancestral Home. Alegre y Pellicer ancestral home.jpg
Alegre y Pellicer Ancestral Home.

The municipality of Villarroya de los Pinares was declared a Historic-artistic Site in 1982. Many historic buildings in the urban area are crowned with ancient shields and inscriptions.

The municipality's Gothic church, built-in 1459 and dedicated to the Virgen de la Asunción, has a remarkable polygonal apse and a porticoed gallery. It has undergone several repairs since then. Cardinal Francisco Peña, who always harbored the dream of transforming it into a cathedral, lies buried in it.

The hermitage built in honor of the patron saint of the place, San Benón, stands in the vicinity of the municipality. Also, in the vicinity of this, is the castle in ruins that belonged to James I of Aragón, King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier.

Festivals

Two patron saint festivals are celebrated in the village, one on 16 June in honor of San Benón, and the other on 25 July in honor of St. James the Apostle.

Illustrious personages

Images

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References

  1. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ↑ "Maestrazgo".
  3. ↑ Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas (Gobierno de España). "Treinta aniversario de las primeras elecciones municipales de la democracia".
  4. ↑ "Secretaría de Estado de Administraciones Públicas". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Alcaldes de Aragón de las elecciones de 2011
  6. ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadistica: Official Population Figures referring to revision of Municipal Register 1 January".
  7. ↑ VILLARROYA DE LOS PINARES, Municipality in Teruel Province | CityPopulation.de
  8. ↑ Current Time in Villarroya de los Pinares, Aragon, Spain | GeneralBlue
  9. ↑ Stefan Bauer (2020). The Invention of Papal History: Onofrio Panvinio between Renaissance and Catholic Reform. Oxford.
  10. ↑ "Gran Encyclopedia Aragonesa – Carlistas, Guerras".
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