Fraga (; ) is the major town of the ''comarca'' of
Bajo Cinca
Bajo Cinca () or Baix Cinca (; an, Cinca Baxa, ) is a comarca in eastern Aragon, Spain. It is named after river Cinca.
This comarca is located in the southeastern corner of the Huesca province.
The administrative capital is Fraga, with 13,59 ...
( ca, Baix Cinca) in the province of
Huesca
Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...
,
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. It is located by the river
Cinca
Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease is a rare genetic periodic fever syndrome which causes uncontrolled inflammation in multiple parts of the body starting in the newborn period. Symptoms include skin rashes, severe arthritis, and chr ...
. According to the 2014
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 ...
,
[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)] the municipality has a population of 14,926 inhabitants.
King
Alfonso I of Aragon
Alfonso I (''c''. 1073/10747 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior ( es, el Batallador), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Pe ...
died at its walls in 1134 while trying to conquer it during the
Battle of Fraga
The Battle of Fraga was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place on 17 July 1134 at Fraga, Aragon, Spain. The battle was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Aragon, commanded by Alfonso the Battler and a variety of Almora ...
. It was conquered from the
Moors
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a distinct or ...
by the Count
Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer IV (; c. 1114 – 6 August 1162, Anglicized Raymond Berengar IV), sometimes called ''the Saint'', was the count of Barcelona who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the Crown of Ar ...
in 1149.
The local dialect, called ''Fragatí'', is a variant of
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
.
History
File:Vista occidental de la ciudad de Fraga.png, Plan of western view of Fraga circa 1779 by Bernardo Espinalt y García
File:Villa Fortunatus - Vista del ala sur.jpg,
File:Fraga_-_Antigua_puerta_de_entrada_a_las_murallas.JPG,
File:Torre dels Frares.jpg,
File:Fraga - Portal románico de la iglesia de san Pedro.JPG,
Sights
File:Fraga - Capitel de la portada de la iglesia de san Pedro.JPG,
File:Zaragoza - Museo - Villa Fortunatus - Mosaico noviembre.jpg,
File:Fraga - Dona faldetes.jpg,
File:Fraga - Arquería en plaza de san Pedro.JPG,
Demography
population evolution along the years
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See also
*
Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca
Bajo Cinca () or Baix Cinca (; an, Cinca Baxa, ) is a comarca in eastern Aragon, Spain. It is named after river Cinca.
This comarca is located in the southeastern corner of the Huesca province.
The administrative capital is Fraga, with 13,592 ...
*
Grace Fraga (Actress Comedian)
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unin ...
*
Florida 135
The Florida 135 club is an electronic music nightclub in Fraga, Aragon, Spain. It is considered the oldest active nightclub in the country. It is also a family business, since its foundation in 1942 by Juan Arnau Ibarz, it has remained in the A ...
, oldest nightclub in Spain
References
External links
Fraga on Diputación de Huesca
{{Authority control
Municipalities in the Province of Huesca
La Franja