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 Z ...
,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
, Spain. According to the 2010
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
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 ...
system of mountain ranges.
There are ruins of an
ancient Iberian
The Iberians (, from , ''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 others, by Hecataeus of Miletu ...
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 ...
system
See also
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Jiloca Comarca
Jiloca Comarca is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Teruel Province, in the mountainous Iberian System area.
Its capital is Calamocha and it was formerly known as ''Comarca de Calamocha''.
The Jiloca River gives its name to this wine-p ...
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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. List
See also
* Geography of Spain
* List of cities in Spain
* List of Aragonese comarcas ...
References
External links
Cucalón, Jiloca*
Sierra de CucalónGuía general de las sierras de Cucalón, Oriche y Fonfría
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
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