Manzanera is a small town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the province of
Teruel
Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel (province), Teruel Province. It had a population of 35,900 as of 2022, making it the least populated provincial capital in Spain. It is noted for its har ...
, part of the autonomous community of
Aragón
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, a ...
, Spain. It is in the
Gúdar-Javalambre
Gúdar-Javalambre is a Comarcas of Aragon, comarca in Aragon, Spain. The most important town is Mora de Rubielos.
This comarca is located at the southern end of Aragon, bordering the Valencian Community. The area is mountainous with the summits ...
comarca and it has 540 people. It is close to the ski area called
Javalambre.
Geography
Manzanera is a settlement located in the South of Aragon, at an altitude of above sea level in the Sierra de Javalambra, where the tallest point of the province is located as well as one of the tallest of the Iberian System, near the Province of Castellón. It enjoys a continental Mediterranean climate with cold winters and mild summers.
The municipality is composed of various settlements besides the main nucleus of Manzanera, these are Los Cerezos, Alcotas, El Paúl, Los Olmos, Las Alhambras, and Paraíso Bajo; as well as some uninhabited neighbourhoods such as Torre de Alcotas, Torre de los Peones, and Paraíso Alto. There are several country houses, called ''masías'', scattered throughout the municipal limits. Manzanera is located about from Teruel and from Valencia, the nearest highways are the A-23 and N-234, found from town.
The River Albentosa, a tributary of the River Mijares, flows through Manzanera. The river forms just one kilometre before reaching town after the union of the small rivers called Torrijas (which in turn just received the waters from the River Paraíso) and Los Olmos.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Teruel
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. There are 236 municipalities in the province. List
See also
* Geography of Spain
* List of cities in Spain
* List of Aragonese comarcas ...
References
External links
Web page about Manzanera
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
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