Altorricón
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Altorricón () or El Torricó () is a municipality located in the comarca of La Litera/La Llitera in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. With an extension of 32.03 km2, the municipal district of Altorricón lies on the southern part of La Llitera, limiting with El Segrià (Almacelles). The district is surrounded north and south by Tamarite de Litera. The municipality contains the town of Altorricón and the uninhabited towns of Cuquet, Montanera and Lo Tossal as well as the old church of San Bartolomé de Altorricón.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Altorricón/El Torricó
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia_altorricon.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 250px
- Settlement.caption
- Main church in Altorricon
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera del Torricó.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut del Torricó.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aragon
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Huesca
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- La Litera
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Altorricón/El Torricó
- Settlement.leader_name
- Salvador Plana
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 32.03
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Altorricón
- Population
- 1472
- Area
- 32.41
- Elevation
- 265.0
- Official website
- www.altorricon.org
- Image
- Iglesia altorricon.jpg
- Dialing code
- 974
- Licence plate code
- HU
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- Commons category
- Altorricón
- postal code
- 22540
- native label
- Altorricón
- male population
- 756
- female population
- 661
- P8168
- Increase Sumner
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Altorricón () or El Torricó () is a municipality located in the comarca of La Litera/La Llitera in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. With an extension of 32.03 km2, the municipal district of Altorricón lies on the southern part of La Llitera, limiting with El Segrià (Almacelles). The district is surrounded north and south by Tamarite de Litera. The municipality contains the town of Altorricón and the uninhabited towns of Cuquet, Montanera and Lo Tossal as well as the old church of San Bartolomé de Altorricón.
It has two official names Altorricón and El Torricó. The official name of Altorricón is considered to be incorrect by historians, although most of the population use that form of the name, in either the Spanish form of it Altorricón or the Catalan Altorricó. The name probably derived from Western Catalan "Torricó", or small tower, with Al- being a common prefix in Arab names. It's not clear what 'small tower' the name could refer to, but hypothesis point to Castle of Vallbona (Catalan Castell de Vallbona) situated north west from the town, or maybe some building that no longer exists in the center of the village.
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