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Contamina
Sign in to saveContamina 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. The 16th-century parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and is constructed in the baroque style. It has a notable 16th-century altar depicting the life of Saint Bartholomew in eight panels.
Key facts
- Settlement.type
- municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Contamina
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Contamina.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Contamina.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Contamina desde el río Jalón.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Contamina in comarca de Calatayud
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zaragoza
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Comunidad de Calatayud
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Nearby places
- See also
- Notes
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. The 16th-century parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and is constructed in the baroque style. It has a notable 16th-century altar depicting the life of Saint Bartholomew in eight panels.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Contamina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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