Villarroya de los Pinares

Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain
Nickname: 
Villarroya
Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain is located in Spain
Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain
Villarroya de los Pinares, Spain
Coordinates: 40°32′N 0°40′W / 40.533°N 0.667°W / 40.533; -0.667
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Teruel
RegionMaestrazgo
Area
 • Total
66.41 km2 (25.64 sq mi)
Elevation
1,337 m (4,386 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
160
 • Density2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitehttp://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.

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

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Last mayors of Villarroya de los Pinares

Period Mayor Party
1979–1983 Juan Ramón López Ariño[3][4] UCD |
1983–1987
1987–1991
1991–1995
1995–1999
1999–2003
2003–2007
2007–2011
2011–2015 Arturo Martín Calvo[5] PAR |

Demography

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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]
Year 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1981
Population 1,095 942 875 772 641 628 574 400 249
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Population 218 214 203 200 201
Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Population 192 196 193 190 188 194 194 187 190 177
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Population 172 163 164 160 163 160 155 160 172 161
Year 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Population 187

Economy

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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

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Hermitage of San Benón, Villarroya de los Pinares (Teruel).
Tower in Villarroya de los Pinares.
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

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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

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Images

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See also

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References

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  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".
  11. ^ "Gobierno de Aragon – Documents and Archives of Aragon (DARA)".
  12. ^ Lafuente, Modesto (1890). Historia general de España desde los tiempos primitivos hasta la muerte de Fernando VII (in Spanish). Montaner y Simón.
  13. ^ Mayor, Spain Ejército Cuerpo de Estado (1888). Narración militar de la guerra carlista de 1869 á 1876 (in Spanish). Impr. del Departmentósito de la Guerra.
  14. ^ Conxa, Rodríguez Vives (22 February 2019). Los exilios de Ramón Cabrera (in Spanish). Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. ISBN 978-84-17633-40-0.
  15. ^ "DARA :: Detalle de Registro". aplicaciones.aragon.es.