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Place in Aragon, Spain

Bordón
Bordón is located in SpainBordón
Coordinates: 40°41′N 0°19′W / 40.683°N 0.317°W / 40.683; -0.317
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Teruel
Comarca Maestrazgo, Aragon
Government
• Alcalde Álvaro Jarque Cardona
Area
• Total 29.98 km2 (11.58 sq mi)
Elevation 828 m (2,717 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total 106
• Density 3.5/km2 (9.2/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Bordonero, -a
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Bordón is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to data collected in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics in Spain, the municipality has a population of 116 inhabitants.

Bordón has an altitude of approximately 828 m (2,717 ft), at a distance of 130 km (81 mi) from the capital of the province, Teruel.

The Sierra Carrascosa with El Morrón rock formation is located very close to Bordón

Likely of Carthaginian origin, the settlement was incorporated into the Castellote commandery by the Knights Templar in the late 12th century (around 1196). It was granted a Charter of Settlement in 1282.

In 1212, a shepherd is said to have discovered an image of the Virgin Mary hidden within a holm oak. A hermitage was built on the site, and by around 1306, the Templars decided to construct a larger church to accommodate the growing devotion to the Virgin of the Holm Oak [es]. Over time, the town of Bordón developed around the church.[2]

By the mid-19th century, Bordón, by then an independent municipality, had a recorded population of 440 inhabitants.[2]

Bordón has a population of 116.

Vertical bar chart demographic of Bordón[3] between 1842 and 2021
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b Madoz 1846, pp. 404–405.
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). "Alterations of municipalities in population censuses since 1842". Retrieved 16 June 2024.

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