The Comunidad de Calatayud is one of the comarcas of Aragon, Spain. It is one of twelve comarcas (administrative subdivisions) within the province of Zaragoza in Aragón. The administrative headquarters are in the city of Calatayud. Local wine (Calatayud (DO)) achieved Denominación de Origen status in 1990 and it is the second largest wine-producing area in Aragón after Cariñena (DO).[1] Fruit and wheat are major agricultural products, there is also light industry and tourism.[2] The area is noted for balnearios (thermal spas) at Alhama de Aragón, Jaraba, and Paracuellos, also for its mudéjar architecture.[3]
67 municipalities make up the comarca, which is located in a mountainous area of the Iberian System.
The Comunidad de Calatayud is bounded to the north by Aranda and Valdejalón, on the east by Campo de Cariñena and Campo de Daroca, to the south by La Serrania and Señorío de Molina-Alto Tajo, Guadalajara (province), and to the west by the Tierra de Medinaceli (province of Soria). The major rivers are the Jalón, Piedra, and Jiloca.
The population of the comarca was 42,379 in 2008, the area is 2,518 km2.[4]
- ^ "DO Calatayud". Wines From Spain. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "Comunidad de Calatayud: Industria". Comunidad de Calatayud. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ "Comunidad de Calatayud: Turismo". Comunidad de Calatayud. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ INE (2008)