Peñarroya de Tastavins

Place in Aragon, Spain

Coat of arms

40°45′18″N 0°2′23″E / 40.75500°N 0.03972°E / 40.75500; 0.03972CountrySpainAutonomous communityAragonProvinceTeruelMunicipalityPeñarroya de Tastavins/Pena-rojaArea

• Total83 km² (32 sq mi)Elevation

761 m (2,497 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total439 • Density5.3/km² (14/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Peñarroya de Tastavins (Spanish: [peɲaˈroʝa ðe tastaˈβins]) or Pena-roja (Catalan: [ˈpena ˈrɔjʒa]) is a municipality located in the Matarranya comarca, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 527 inhabitants. It is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities.

Pena-roja has a special relationship with the town of Vallibona over the hills in the Ports (comarca). It has been recorded that festivities have been celebrated together with that town at least since the 14th century.^[2]

Bibliography

Teofil Pitarch i Vives, Fraternitas Saecularis: Vallibona/Pena-roja de Tastavins, Diputació de Castelló. 2005, ISBN 978-84-96372-12-2

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Rogativa de Vallibona a Pena-Roja de Tastavins". Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-10-09.