Campo de Belchite
Comarca in Aragon, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campo de Belchite is a comarca in Aragon, Spain. It is located in Zaragoza Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley. The administrative capital is Belchite, with 1,647 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca.
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Campo de Belchite | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Aragon |
Province | Zaragoza |
Area | |
• Total | 1,043.8 km2 (403.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,282 |
• Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Largest municipality | Belchite |
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Some municipal terms of Campo de Belchite are part of the historical region of Lower Aragon.
This comarca was the scenario of violent battles during the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) between fascist troops supporting general Franco and the loyalist Spanish Republican armies.