La Portellada Explained

Type:	municipality
Official Name:	La Portellada
Pushpin Map:	Spain Aragon#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of La Portellada within Aragon##Location of La Portellada within Spain
Coordinates:	40.8833°N 4°W
Area Total Km2:	21.37
Elevation M:	569
Population Density Km2:	auto
Utc Offset:	+1
Utc Offset Dst:	+2

La Portellada (pronounced as /es/; in Catalan; Valencian 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
• Catalan; Valencian: Rosca de tallaes (cake with chunks of marinated beef), typical of Easter