| Official Name: | Molina de Aragón, Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Province of Guadalajara##Location in Castile-La Mancha##Location in Spain. |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Guadalajara#Spain Castile-La Mancha#Spain |
| Pushpin Label: | Molina de Aragón |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | David Pascual Herrera |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 19300 |
| Area Total Km2: | 168.33 |
| Elevation M: | 1065 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 40.8461°N -1.8864°W |
Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 3,671 inhabitants. It held the record (−28.2 °C) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain, and now it's on the third place.[1]
It was the seat of the taifa of Molina, a Moorish independent state, before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129. On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping fuero to the town of Molina, which he was building into a semi-independent fief.[2] He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina Dei gratia ("by the grace of God"). Molina is also the type location of the carbonate mineral aragonite.
Molina de Aragón has an atypical variety of the oceanic climate with semi-arid influences. Due to its irregular precipitation patterns the location does not fall into the clear mediterranean zones to the south-west or the semi-arid that is common in the region, with significant precipitation in the spring and relatively low in the winter and summer.