Aroche Explained

Official Name:Aroche
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:150
Seal Size:75
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:José Antonio Muñiz Carrasco
Area Total Km2:499
Area Land Km2:499
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:37.95°N -63°W
Pushpin Map:Spain#Spain Andalusia#Spain Province of Huelva
Pushpin Relief:1
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Name1:Andalusia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Huelva

Aroche (Portuguese: Arouche) is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. According to the 2005 census, the town had a population of 3,319.

History

Similarly to Moura and Serpa, Aroche and Aracena may have been conquered by the Order of the Hospital and incorporated to the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of Sancho II, circa 1230–1233, although it has been suggested the Christian occupation may have had to wait to the void of Muslim power in the area caused by the Fall of Seville in the late 1240s. The area, occupied by Afonso III of Portugal by 1251, was theoretically granted together with Aracena to the Crown of Castile in 1253, although the effective and definitive transfer happened in 1267 as settled in Treaty of Badajoz. In fact, Afonso III granted Aroche a fuero in 1255.

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