Arancón

Arancón
Municipality
Asunción church
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Coordinates: Coordinates: 41°48′2″N 2°16′53″W / 41.80056°N 2.28139°W / 41.80056; -2.28139
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Soria
Comarca
Judicial district
Municipality	Arancón
Government
• Alcalde	Gregorio García Martín (2007) (PP)
Area
• Total	77.61 km2 (29.97 sq mi)
Elevation	1,065 m (3,494 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	85
• Density	1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	42180
Dialing code	975
Website	Official website

Arancón is a municipality in the province of Soria, Spain, located at the foot of the mountain range of and Mount Cencejo. The localities that form it are Arancón, , , , and .

Main sights[]

• Roman road: Via 27 of Antonino, which united Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) with Asturica Augusta" (Astorga).
• Medieval source of La rana ("The Frog")
• Two Roman milliarium are exposed in a public garden next to the Church. They were used during the Middle Ages to lay the foundations of a bridge. Arancón can be considered the milliarium capital in Soria. After the church there are another two milliarium.
• Asunción romanesque church (Arancón)
• Concepción church ()
• Saint Bartholomew hermitage ruins

Economy[]

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• Culture of wheat, rye, barley and sunflower
• Sheep cattle and pasture rent
• Greater hunting boundary

Flora and fauna[]

Flora includes holm-oak, rivets, steppe, tea, camomile, heather and lavender

Wildlife include wild boar, red deer, roe deer, rabbit, hare and partridge

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