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Contamina

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Contamina is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain to the west of the Sierra de Padros, in the upper valley of the river Jalón, a tributary of the Ebro. At the 2008 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) the municipality had a population of 42 inhabitants. In 1930 the population was 252. The 16th-century parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and is constructed in the baroque style. It has a notable 16th-century altar depicting the life of Saint Bartholomew in eight panels.

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Settlement.type
municipality
Settlement.official_name
Contamina
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera de Contamina.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo de Contamina.svg
Settlement.image_skyline
Contamina desde el río Jalón.jpg
Settlement.map_caption
Contamina in comarca de Calatayud
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zaragoza
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Comunidad de Calatayud
Settlement.area_total_km2
13
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Contamina
Demonym
cimballero
Population
34
Area
14.017671
Elevation
669.0
Official website
www.ayto-contamina.com
Image
Contamina desde el río Jalón.jpg
Licence plate code
Z
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postal code
50239
Commons category
Contamina
male population
21
female population
16
P8168
Brier
native label
Contamina
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Contamina is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain to the west of the Sierra de Padros, in the upper valley of the river Jalón, a tributary of the Ebro. At the 2008 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) the municipality had a population of 42 inhabitants. In 1930 the population was 252. The 16th-century parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and is constructed in the baroque style. It has a notable 16th-century altar depicting the life of Saint Bartholomew in eight panels.

The novel Secuestro y fonda de Cela en Contamina by José de Cora, is set in the Contamina; it is a fictional history of the kidnapping of 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo José Cela by three local inhabitants.

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