La Portellada

40°53′N 0°4′E / 40.883°N 0.067°E / 40.883; 0.067CountrySpainAutonomous communityAragonProvinceTeruelArea • Total21.37 km² (8.25 sq mi)Elevation569 m (1,867 ft)Population • Total243 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

La Portellada (Spanish: [la poɾteˈʎaða]; Catalan: [la poɾteˈʎaða]) is a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya comarca, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 277 inhabitants.

Geography

Bordering localities

• La Fresneda
• Ráfales
• Fórnoles
• Valderrobres

Economy

• Agriculture
  • Olive trees, olive oil is a major source of income for this town, the oil belongs to the Denomination of Origin Aragon.
  • Almonds are another source of income.
  • Cereal
• Livestock
  • Swine
  • Sheep and goats
  • Rabbits
  • Fowl

Monuments

Religious sites

• Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian
• Chapel of San Miguel (recreation area)
• Piton de San Pedro Martir
• Virgen del Portillo

Industrial Architecture

• Former "Waterfall mill" (Molí del Salt)

Landforms

• "The Waterfall" (El Salt). A waterfall in the Tastavins river, about 20 feet high.

Other

• "Gavella Pi" (Pine Gavella)
• "Torreta de Ferro" (Iron Tower)

Celebrations

• Major
  • Celebrations in Honor of San Cosme and San Damian on September 27, and San Miguel on September 29
• Minor
  • San Anton January 17
  • St. Agatha on February 5
  • San Pedro Mártir April 29
  • First Easter (Easter Monday)
  • Second Passover

Typical products

• Olives of the Portellada
• Cured ham (D.O. Jamón de Teruel)
• Casquetes
• Almonds
• Rosca de tallaes (cake with chunks of marinated beef), typical of Easter

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