Cucalón is a municipality located in the
province of Teruel
Teruel (Catalan: ''Terol'' ) is a province of Aragon, in the northeast of Spain. The capital is Teruel.
It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia (including its exclave Rincón de Ademuz), Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Zar ...
,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
, Spain. According to the 2010
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
the municipality has a population of 102 inhabitants. This town gives its name to the
Sierra de Cucalón
Sierra de Cucalón is a long system of mountain ranges in Aragon, Spain, located between the comarcas of Jiloca and Cuencas Mineras. Geography
These mountains are part of the Iberian System and are often covered with snow in the winter. Rivers Hu ...
system of mountain ranges.
There are ruins of an
ancient Iberian
The Iberians ( la, Hibērī, from el, Ἴβηρες, ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among ...
settlement, known as Peña el Castillo, located within Cucalón's municipal term.
Gallery
File:Cucalón31.JPG, Street in Cucalón with the remains of Santiago church
File:La Modorra34.JPG, La Modorra, highest point in the Sierra de Cucalón
Sierra de Cucalón is a long system of mountain ranges in Aragon, Spain, located between the comarcas of Jiloca and Cuencas Mineras. Geography
These mountains are part of the Iberian System and are often covered with snow in the winter. Rivers Hu ...
system
See also
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Jiloca Comarca
Jiloca Comarca is a Comarcas of Aragon, comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico, Iberian System area.
Its capital is Calamocha and it was formerly known as ''Comarca de Calamocha''.
The Jilo ...
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List of municipalities in Teruel
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 236 municipalities in the province.
See also List of Aragonese comarcas.
See also
*Geography of Spain
*List of cities in Sp ...
References
External links
Cucalón, JilocaCucalónSierra de CucalónGuía general de las sierras de Cucalón, Oriche y Fonfría
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
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