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{{about|the town in Spain|the surname|Fraga (surname)|the town in Argentina|Fraga, San Luis|the genus of flowering plants|Potentilla}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Fraga | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]] | official_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | image_skyline = Fraga - Vista general con iglesia de San Pedro.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandera de Fraga.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Fraga.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Bajo Cinca.png | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Spain Aragon#Spain | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Fraga within Aragon##Location of Fraga within Spain | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Aragón}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Bajo Cinca]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Judicial districts of Spain|Judicial district]] | subdivision_name4 = Fraga | seat_type = <!-- [[Capital (political)|Capital]] --> | seat = | coordinates = {{coord|41|31|12|N|0|21|0|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | elevation_m = 118 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 437.64 | established_title = <!-- Founded --> | established_date = | population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_demonyms = Fragatino, -na Fraguense | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = [[Languages of Spain|Official language(s)]] Spanish and Catalan | blank_info_sec1 = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in Spain|Postal code]] | postal_code = 22520 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]] | area_code = | leader_title = [[Alcalde]] | leader_name = Santiago Burgos Sorolla (2022) | leader_party = [[People's Party of Aragon|PP]] | website = {{official website|http://www.fraga.org/}} | footnotes = }} '''Fraga''' ({{IPA|es|ˈfɾaɣa|lang|Pronunciation of Fraga in Spanish.ogg}}; {{IPA|ca|ˈfɾaɣɛ|lang}}) is the major town of the ''comarca'' of [[Bajo Cinca]] ({{langx|ca|Baix Cinca}}) in the province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]], [[Aragon]], Spain. It is located by the river [[Cinca River (Spain)|Cinca]]. According to the 2014 [[census]],<ref>[[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)]]</ref> the municipality has a population of 14,926 inhabitants. King [[Alfonso I of Aragon]] died at its walls in 1134 while trying to conquer it during the [[Battle of Fraga]]. It was conquered from the [[Moors]] by the Count [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona]] in 1149. The local language, called ''Fragatí'', is western [[Catalan language|Catalan]]. Historically, there was a [[Jewish]] community in Fraga. Jews in Fraga enjoyed civil rights under Muslim rule, which was not always the case in other historical Spanish Jewish communities. They were given autonomy, including the right to defend themselves against attacks and the right to elect their representatives. The community ceased to exist due to the [[expulsion of the Jews from Spain|expulsion of the Muslims and Jews]] in 1492.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fraga |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/fraga |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref> ==History== {{center|Historical pictures}} <gallery class="center"> File:Vista occidental de la ciudad de Fraga.png|Plan of western view of Fraga circa 1779 by Bernardo Espinalt y García File:Villa Fortunatus - Vista del ala sur.jpg| File:Fraga_-_Antigua_puerta_de_entrada_a_las_murallas.JPG| </gallery> {{center|Historical pictures}} <gallery class="center"> File:Torre dels Frares.jpg| File:Fraga - Portal románico de la iglesia de san Pedro.JPG| </gallery> ===Sights=== {{center|Historical pictures}} <gallery class="center"> File:Fraga - Capitel de la portada de la iglesia de san Pedro.JPG| File:Zaragoza - Museo - Villa Fortunatus - Mosaico noviembre.jpg| </gallery> {{center|Historical pictures}} <gallery class="center"> File:Fraga - Dona faldetes.jpg| File:Fraga - Arquería en plaza de san Pedro.JPG| </gallery>During the [[Spanish Civil War]], the town participated in the [[Spanish Revolution of 1936|Spanish revolution]] and was collectivised by the [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leval |first=Gaston |title=Collectives in the Spanish revolution |date=1975 |publisher=Freedom Press |location=London}}</ref> ==Demography== === Population evolution along the years === <timeline> ImageSize = width:650 height:300 PlotArea = width:450 height:230 left:180 bottom:35 AlignBars = late DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:15000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1000 start:0 BarData= bar:1910 text:"1910" bar:1920 text:"1920" bar:1930 text:"1930" bar:1940 text:"1940" bar:1950 text:"1950" bar:1960 text:"1960" bar:1971 text:"1971" bar:1981 text:"1981" bar:1991 text:"1991" bar:1994 text:"1994" bar:1996 text:"1996" bar:2001 text:"2001" bar:2004 text:"2004" bar:2006 text:"2006" bar:2013 text:"2013" bar:2018 text:"2018" PlotData= width:15 bar:1910 color:brightblue from:0 till:6899 bar:1920 color:brightblue from:0 till:7063 bar:1930 color:brightblue from:0 till:7497 bar:1940 color:brightblue from:0 till:7397 bar:1950 color:brightblue from:0 till:6817 bar:1960 color:brightblue from:0 till:7264 bar:1971 color:brightblue from:0 till:8691 bar:1981 color:brightblue from:0 till:10013 bar:1991 color:brightblue from:0 till:10955 bar:1994 color:brightblue from:0 till:11491 bar:1996 color:brightblue from:0 till:11783 bar:2001 color:brightblue from:0 till:12100 bar:2004 color:brightblue from:0 till:13035 bar:2006 color:brightblue from:0 till:13191 bar:2013 color:brightblue from:0 till:14834 bar:2018 color:brightblue from:0 till:14979 </timeline> {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" ! colspan="7" | Population trend between 1991 and 2018 |- bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | align="center" | 1991 | align="center" | 1996 | align="center" | 2001 | align="center" | 2004 | align="center" | 2006 | align="center" | 2013 | align="center" | 2018 |- | align="center" | 11491 | align="center" | 11783 | align="center" | 12100 | align="center" | 13035 | align="center" | 13191 | align="center" | 14834 | align="center" | 14979 |} ==Notable People== *[[Astruc Remoch]], prominent [[converso]] and critic of [[Judaism]] *[[Ceferino Giménez Malla]], [[Spanish Romani]] activist *[[Lourdes Casanova]], notable academic ==See also== *[[Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca]] *[[Grace Fraga (Actress Comedian)]] *[[Florida 135]], oldest nightclub in Spain * [[List of municipalities in Huesca]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== {{commons}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331102006/http://www.dphuesca.es/index.php/mod.entidades/mem.detalle/identidad.91/relcategoria.205/idmenu./chk.7c57312ae04509ec23c9b93f549cb4fb.html Fraga on Diputación de Huesca] {{Municipalities in Huesca}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities in the Province of Huesca]] [[Category:La Franja]]
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