Molina de Aragón
Molina de Aragón, Spain | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Molina de Aragón Location in the Province of Guadalajara | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′46″N 1°53′11″W / 40.84611°N 1.88639°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Castile-La Mancha |
| Province | Guadalajara |
| Comarca | Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Pascual Herrera |
| Area | |
| • Total | 168.33 km2 (64.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,065 m (3,494 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,295 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 19300 |
| Website | Official website |
Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It held the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain, and now it's on the third place.[2]
It was the seat of the taifa of Molina, a Moorish independent state, before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129. On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping fuero to the town of Molina, which he was building into a semi-independent fief.[3] He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina Dei gratia ("by the grace of God"). Molina is also the type location of the carbonate mineral aragonite.
Main sights
[edit]- Medieval alcazar (10th–11th centuries), the largest in the province
- Roman bridge (Puente Viejo)
- Convent of St. Francis
- Giraldo (St. Francis Church Bell Tower)
- Church of Santa Clara
- Church of Santa María de San Gil
- Molina-Alto Tajo Geopark, Molina de Aragon is within this Geopark.
List of settlements in the municipality
[edit]Climate
[edit]Molina de Aragón has an atypical variety of the oceanic climate with semi-arid influences. Due to its irregular precipitation patterns the location does not fall into the clear mediterranean zones to the south-west or the semi-arid that is common in the region, with significant precipitation in the spring and relatively low in the winter and summer.
| Climate data for Molina de Aragón 1062m (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
38.2 (100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
18.1 (64.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
10.6 (51.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.1 (37.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.2 (−18.8) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−28.0 (−18.4) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27 (1.1) |
27 (1.1) |
28 (1.1) |
50 (2.0) |
66 (2.6) |
48 (1.9) |
22 (0.9) |
26 (1.0) |
47 (1.9) |
50 (2.0) |
39 (1.5) |
36 (1.4) |
466 (18.5) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 74 |
| Average snowy days | 4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 18.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 135 | 154 | 202 | 195 | 222 | 271 | 327 | 304 | 231 | 174 | 128 | 112 | 2,440 |
| Source 1: [4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [5] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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A typical inn (built 1826) at Molina de Aragón, Spain. -
Old bridge over the Gallo river, 13th century, in the background the Medieval alcazar of Molina de Aragón, Spain. -
Giraldo on top of St. Francis Church bell Tower. -
Posada de los Comuneros. -
Tower of Aragon.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Temperaturas históricas en España". El Tiempo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 265.
- ^ "Molina de Aragón Climate Normals 1981-2010". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Molina de Aragón Climate Extremes". Aemet.es. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
