Fraga (; ) is the major town of the ''comarca'' of Bajo Cinca () in the province of

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

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, Spain. It is located by the river Cinca. According to the 2014

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, the municipality has a population of 14,926 inhabitants. King

Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I (7 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior (), 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 Peter I. With his marriage to U ...

died at its walls in 1134 while trying to conquer it during the Battle of Fraga. It was conquered from the

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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 and the consort of Aragon who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Ara ...

in 1149. The local language, called ''Fragatí'', is western Catalan. Historically, there was a

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community in Fraga. Jews in Fraga enjoyed civil rights under Muslim rule, which was not always the case in other historical Spanish Jewish communities. They were given autonomy, including the right to defend themselves against attacks and the right to elect their representatives. The community ceased to exist due to the expulsion of the Muslims and Jews in 1492.

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, During the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, the town participated in the Spanish revolution and was collectivised by the CNT.

Demography

Population evolution along the years

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Notable People

* Astruc Remoch, prominent

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and critic of

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* Ceferino Giménez Malla, Spanish Romani activist * Lourdes Casanova, notable academic

References

External links

Fraga on Diputación de Huesca
{{Authority control Municipalities in the Province of Huesca La Franja