Altorricón
Huesca · Aragón
Altorricón (Spanish: [altoriˈkon]) or El Torricó (Catalan: [el toriˈko]) is a municipality located in the comarca of La Litera/La Llitera in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. With an extension of 32.03 km2, the municipal district of Altorricón lies on the southern part of La Llitera, limiting with El Segrià (Almacelles). The district is surrounded north and south by Tamarite de Litera. The municipality contains the town of Altorricón and the uninhabited towns of Cuquet, Montanera and Lo Tossal as well as the old church of San Bartolomé de Altorricón. It has two official names Altorricón and El Torricó. The official name of Altorricón is considered to be incorrect by historians, although most of the population use that form of the name, in either the Spanish form of it Altorricón or the Catalan Altorricó. The name probably derived from Western Catalan "Torricó", or small tower, with Al- being a common prefix in Arab names. It's not clear what 'small tower' the name could refer to, but hypothesis point to Castle of Vallbona (Catalan Castell de Vallbona) situated north west from the town, or maybe some building that no longer exists in the center of the village. The secondary water channel of La Mola, derived from the Canal d'Aragó i Catalunya crosses the municipal district diagonally from NW to SE, and is used to irrigate the land all across the territory. Multiple minor channels distribute the water, namely the ravine of San Bartomeu or the one of Clamorelles. A small section in the SW is drained by the torrent of Oriols and Vallbona. Altorricón, right smack in the middle of the municipality, is crossed by the local road of Tamarite de Litera that springs out north from the national road N240 (Tarragona-San Sebastián). The locals call the portion of the road that heads south to the N240, la carretera del Butano (Catalan carretera del butà) in honor of the butane gas processing station that once existed at the intersection with the N240. The portion of the road that heads up north is simply called, carretera de Tamarite (Catalan carretera de Tamarit). There is another road starting from the nucleus of the town that heads southwest and ends on Tamarite's railway station linking with the N240, a few kilometers west from where the road to Tamarite de Litera split up. The road also links Altorricón with the small community of La Melusa, and thus locals call the road carretera de La Melusa. The local dialect is a variant of Catalan.
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Origins
Del latín "turris" (torre).
History
Los llanos de la parte inferior de la Comarca de la Litera han estado ocupados por el hombre prehistórico desde hace más de 100.000 años y las piezas líticas, encontradas en varias partidas rurales de Altorricón, constituyen parte del patrimonio arqueológico más antiguo de Aragón.
Bajo su propio núcleo urbano han aparecido restos neolíticos con una antigüedad de unos 4500 años, y de la Edad del Bronce, así como abundante cerámica ya de época medieval.
Edad Contemporánea:
La historia de Altorricón ha estado vinculada a la de Tamarite, hasta su segregación de aquella villa a mediados de la década de 1930. El considerable aumento de la población de Altorricón –en 1930 ya contaba con 904 habitantes– y el deseo expreso de la mayoría de sus habitantes hizo posible que se solicitara la segregación del Ayuntamiento de Tamarite de Litera, la cual fue aceptada por su consistorio, siendo desde el 7 de julio de 1932 Ayuntamiento de nueva creación, segregado del de Tamarite de Litera.
Así empezó Altorricón su nueva andadura. Tenía Ayuntamiento propio aunque carecía de término municipal, por lo que el 3 de julio de 1933 se formó la Comisión de Deslinde de su término. A pesar de las disposiciones legales y de las ordenanzas emanadas desde el Gobierno Civil, la Comisión de Deslinde no consiguió efectuar su cometido de forma satisfactoria hasta el 2 de abril de 1935, por la falta de acuerdos concretos con el Ayuntamiento de Tamarite de Litera, el cual veía reducir de forma considerable su propio término municipal. Desde ese día histórico, el municipio de Altorricón consiguió su plenitud como tal, dado que a la constitución como Ayuntamiento propio se le sumaba algo tan inherente a él como imprescindible, un propio término sobre el cual efectuar su jurisdicción.
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Festivals
September 2026
Festivals this month
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Rest of the year
- February: San Blas (3) · Carnaval (11)
- April: Feria de Abril (1)
- May: San Isidro (15)
- August: San Bartolomé (24)
What's on
Street market
Mercadillo semanal: Martes · Calle Río Ebro
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How to get there
- 🚗 97 km from Huesca (about 68 min by car)
- 🚗 136 km from Zaragoza (about 96 min by car)
- 🚗 169 km from Terrassa (about 119 min by car)
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- ✈️ 16 km from Lleida-Alguaire airport (about 11 min by car)
- ✈️ 85 km from Huesca-Pirineos airport (about 60 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 1 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- Ibercaja · 7.3 km away
- Caja Rural de Aragón · 7.8 km away
- Ibercaja · 7.8 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Estación de Servicio Sant Cristóbal · 0.6 km away
- COOP. CAMPO S. ISIDRO · 0.9 km away
- Combustibles La Litera · 6.3 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina Municipal · 0.4 km away
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