Aroche

Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

37°57′N 6°57′W / 37.950°N 6.950°W / 37.950; -6.950CountrySpainAutonomous communityAndalusiaProvinceHuelvaGovernment • MayorJosé Antonio Muñiz CarrascoArea • Total499 km² (193 sq mi) • Land499 km² (193 sq mi) • Water0.00 km² (0.00 sq mi)Population • Total3,109 • Density6.2/km² (16/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Aroche (Portuguese: Arouche) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. According to the 2005 census, the town had a population of 3,319.

History

Similarly to Moura and Serpa, Aroche and Aracena may have been conquered by the Order of the Hospital and incorporated to the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of Sancho II, circa 1230–1233, although it has been suggested the Christian occupation may have had to wait to the void of Muslim power in the area caused by the Fall of Seville in the late 1240s.^[2] The area, occupied by Afonso III of Portugal by 1251,^[3] was theoretically granted together with Aracena to the Crown of Castile in 1253, although the effective and definitive transfer happened in 1267 as settled in Treaty of Badajoz.^[4] In fact, Afonso III granted Aroche a fuero in 1255.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1999	3,517	—
2000	3,503	−0.4%
2001	3,446	−1.6%
2002	3,384	−1.8%
2003	3,396	+0.4%
2004	3,360	−1.1%
2005	3,319	−1.2%
Source: INE (Spain)

Gallery

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  Monument
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  Roman remains in the archaeological museum
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  The Castle
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  Museo del Rosario

References

Citations

Bibliography

• González Jiménez, Manuel (1986). "Conflictos fronterizos en la Sierra de Aroche. El pleito de Barrancos (1493)" (PDF). Huelva en su historia (1): 193–200. ISSN 1136-6877.
• Pérez-Embid, Florentino (1974). "Castilla y Portugal en la Sierra de Aracena" (PDF). Minervae Baeticae (2). Seville: Real Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras: 5–29. ISSN 0214-4395.

External links

• Aroche - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía