Romans Field

Campo Romanos is an unofficial natural district defined by a plateau distributed between the provinces of Zaragoza and Teruel, located inside the Calatayud - Daroca - Teruel basin, divided between the judicial parties of Daroca and Calamocha, in Spain. p> Description

Until 1833 belonged to the corregimiento of Daroca, after that date was divided between the two provinces cited. After the current district division has been divided between the Field of Daroca and the Region of Jiloca. High and cold plateau, with Miocene limestones, bordered to the north by the Sierra Modorra, to the east by Peco and Cucalón, and to the south by the Sierra Pelarda. To the west, the boundary is defined by the steep ridge of the plateau itself, which separates it from the Jiloca valley. It is a region of very long and cold winters, with an average temperature in January of 2.5 ° and in August of 19.8 °. The annual precipitation is 400 mm on average.

It stretches along 483 km2, where 20 villages are located very close to each other: Anento, Nomevilla, Badules, Cucalón, Lanzuela, Mainar, Langa, Villarroya del Campo, Torralbilla, Villahermosa del Campo, Villarreal de Huerva, Villadoz, Romans, Fombuena, Retascón, Lechón, Cucalón, Ferreruela, Lagueruela and Cuencabuena. Region of agricultural economy, based on the cultivation of rainfed cereal, the villages of the valley are somewhat more prosperous than those of the mountain, where the soils are poorer. Subcomarca depopulated and demographic regression due to harsh physical conditions. Parties Notes and

- Ronco Lario, Antonio, (1990), Field of Romans, subcomarca with own identity, Mainar Town Hall, Zaragoza.

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