Calaceite () or Calaceit () is a municipality located in the

Matarraña Matarraña () or Matarranya () is a comarca in eastern Aragon, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia and Valencia. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Its capital is Valderrobres, an ...

comarca, 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 Za ...

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 2004 census (

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), the municipality has a population of 1,145 inhabitants. There are many ancient buildings of great architectural value in the town, as well as the 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 ...

village at Sant Antoni. This town is part of the Catalan-speaking area of Aragon.

Demographics

Calaceite has 1,132 inhabitants (

2008).

Gastronomy

The flaonets de Calaceit (''flaonets'', ca, little flaons) are small flaons made in Calaceite. They are small pastries filled with pumpkin jam and honey. The ''flaonets'' were one of the traditional pastries fondly remembered by painter Salvador Dalí.Jaume Fàbrega, ''Dalícies: a taula amb Salvador Dalí'', Cossetània Edicions

Gallery

Image:Conzello de Calazeit.jpg, Town Hall of Calaceite File:Poblat ibèric de Sant Antoni (Calaceit, Terol).jpg, Sant Antoni

Ilercavones The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language. History The name Ilercavonia to refer to the territory occupied by this Iberian tri ...

Iberian village

References

External links

Town hall of Calaceite

Website about Calaceite
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel Matarraña/Matarranya {{Teruel-geo-stub