Campo de Daroca

The Campo de Daroca is a Comarca (administrative unit ) of Autononem region of Aragon in Spain. It is located in the southwest of the province of Zaragoza and has an area of ​​1117.9 km ² 6,623 inhabitants. The name derives is Daroca, the capital and largest of the 35 associated municipalities.

The Comarca is bordered to the west by the province of Guadalajara, on the north by the Comunidad de Calatayud Comarcas and Campo de Carintilde, in the east to the Campo de Belchite and on the south by the Comarca del Jiloca.

Besides Daroca include the communities Acered, Aldehuela de Liestos, Anento, Atea, Badules, Balconchán, Berrueco, Cerveruela, Cubel, Las Cuerlas, Fombuena, Gallocanta, Herrera de los Navarro, Langa del Castillo, Lechón, Luesma, Mainar, Manchones, Murero, Nombrevilla, Orcajo, Retascón, Romanos, Santed, Torralba de los Frailes, Torralbilla, Used, Valdehorna, Val de San Martín, Villadoz, Villanueva de Jiloca, Villar de los Navarro, Villarreal de Huerva and Villarroya del Campo to the Comarca.

Agriculture is the dominant industry, especially the cultivation of grain, fodder and wine.

The city Daroca has a well-preserved ensemble of medieval buildings there, even parts of the city walls have been preserved. To Comarca heard beyond the Laguna de Gallocanta, a large lake on which make many migratory birds stop.

The most famous son of the comarca is probably Pablo Bruna (1611-1679), the blind man of Daroca, a composer and organist of the Collegiate Church of Santa María in Daroca, who acquired such fame in Spain in the 17th century that even the kings Philip IV and Charles II Daroca visited to listen to his music and his game.