Ares del Maestrat, also known as ''Ares del Maestre'' in Spanish or simply Ares, is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the province of Castelló in the

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. It is situated near the top of the Mola d'Ares mountain, at an elevation of 1,148 m. As a result of migration to the cities in the 1960s and 1970s, Ares del Maestre is sparsely populated today, yet remains a popular tourist destination. Sites of interest include the gothic town hall, neoclassical parish church, and the remains of the Mola castle. The Tossal d'Orenga mountain,Tossal d'Orenga
/ref> popular among

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s, is located within the Ares del Maestre municipal term.

Demography

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External links

Ares del Maestre, historia y prehistoria

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100618120114/http://www.ive.es/pegv/start.jsp Institut Valencià d'Estadística
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