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Contamina

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official_nameContamina
image_flagBandera de Contamina.svg
image_shieldEscudo de Contamina.svg
image_skylineContamina desde el río Jalón.jpg
map_captionContamina in comarca de Calatayud
subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type1Autonomous community
subdivision_name1Aragon
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Zaragoza
subdivision_type3Comarca
subdivision_name3Comunidad de Calatayud
area_total_km213
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timezoneCET
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pushpin_mapSpain Aragon#Spain#Europe
coordinates
websitehttp://www.ayto-contamina.com/
footnotes

Contamina is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain to the west of the Sierra de Padros, in the upper valley of the river Jalón, a tributary of the Ebro. At the 2008 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) the municipality had a population of 42 inhabitants. In 1930 the population was 252.{{cite web |access-date=2009-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905050220/http://www.ine.es/GSTConsul/infDatosSeriesAction.do?codigo=DPOH7971 |archive-date=2009-09-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524035130/http://www.comarcacalatayud.com/web/inicio.asp?pagina=comarca%2Fpresentacion.asp&identidad=156 |archive-date=2008-05-24 |access-date=2009-03-25 |url-status=dead

The novel Secuestro y fonda de Cela en Contamina by José de Cora, is set in the Contamina; it is a fictional history of the kidnapping of 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela by three local inhabitants. |access-date=2009-01-28

Two kilometres to the east lies the spa town of Alhama de Aragón. The main highway between Zaragoza and Madrid skirts the northern edge of the settlement. This is a rural community with arable and fruit farms. There is a restaurant and a casa rural (self catering accommodation). |access-date = 2009-01-28 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090905005054/http://www.villadecontamina.es/acceso/alojamientos.html |archive-date = 2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708112224/http://www.caiaragon.com/es/actividades/index.asp?idAct=2049&idSeccion=5&idTipo=59&idloc=3 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=2009-01-28

A few kilometres to the south-east lies the Tranquera reservoir and the ancient Monasterio de Piedra with its famous water gardens.

History

The origin of the name Contamina is believed to be from the Latin CONDOMIN(I)A (joint domain). Contamina used to lie on the Camino Real, the royal highway to Madrid, and in the Middle Ages was the location of stables for royal post horses. In 1361 king Pedro IV gave the manor of Contamina to Pedro Carrillo. In 1646 Contamina was granted by king Felipe IV to Sr. Juan Fernandez de Heredia of Cetina, who became Conde de Contamina. |access-date = 2009-01-28 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090905005119/http://www.villadecontamina.es/acceso/historia.html |archive-date = 5 September 2009 In the diaries of Elizabeth, Lady Holland, the Conde de Contamina was mentioned favourably as a supporter of the English cause against Napoleon during the Peninsular War. |access-date=2009-01-28

During the Spanish Civil War Contamina remained in the Nationalist Zone following occupation of most of the province of Zaragoza by Franco's Nationalist forces in the summer of 1936. Five residents of the village were murdered by nationalist forces in 1936.

Fiestas

  • August 24, Saint Bartholomew
  • First Sunday in October, Virgen del Rosario.

Nearby places

  • Alhama de Aragon
  • Ariza
  • Cetina
  • Monasterio de Piedra
  • Nuevalos

Notes

References

  1. Beevor, Antony. (2001). "The Spanish Civil War". Penguin.
  2. Medina, Nacho Morena. (January 2008). "Fosas Comunes De La Guerra Civil En La Comarca De Calatayud". Fundación «Bernardo Aladrén».
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