Alcalá de la Selva

Alcalá de la Selva, Spain
Coordinates: 40°22′N 0°42′W / 40.367°N 0.700°W / 40.367; -0.700Coordinates: 40°22′N 0°42′W / 40.367°N 0.700°W / 40.367; -0.700
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Teruel
Municipality Alcalá de la Selva
Area
  Total 104.95 km2 (40.52 sq mi)
Elevation 1,404 m (4,606 ft)
Population (2015)
  Total 399
  Density 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Alcalá de la Selva is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 523 inhabitants.

Formerly a Moorish town known as Al-Qual' at, Alcalá de la Selva was regained by Alfonso II in 1170. Between 1835 and 1840, the town was occupied by the forces of Don Carlos troops during the First Carlist War.




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