Official Name: | Bordón |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Coordinates: | 40.6833°N -19°W |
Subdivision Name3: | Maestrazgo, Aragon |
Area Total Km2: | 29.98 |
Elevation M: | 828 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Álvaro Jarque Cardona |
Population Demonym: | Bordonero, -a |
Bordón is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain.According to data collected in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics in Spain, the municipality has a population of 116 inhabitants.
Bordón has an altitude of approximately, at a distance of from the capital of the province, Teruel.
Likely of Carthaginian origin, the settlement was incorporated into the Castellote commandery by the Knights Templar in the late 12th century (around 1196). It was granted a Charter of Settlement in 1282.
In 1212, a shepherd is said to have discovered an image of the Virgin Mary hidden within a holm oak. A hermitage was built on the site, and by around 1306, the Templars decided to construct a larger church to accommodate the growing devotion to the . Over time, the town of Bordón developed around the church.
By the mid-19th century, Bordón, by then an independent municipality, had a recorded population of 440 inhabitants.
Bordón has a population of 116.