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Flag of Novillas
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Official seal of Novillas
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Novillas is located in Aragon
Novillas
Novillas
Location in Aragon
Novillas is located in Spain
Novillas
Novillas
Location in Spain
Novillas is located in Europe
Novillas
Novillas
Location in Europe
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Aragon
Province Zaragoza
Municipality Novillas
Area
 • Total 25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population
 • Total KIDDLE_IB
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Novillas is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 667 inhabitants.

In the 12the century, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar Arnold of Torroja organized a group of intellectuals who wrote the Cartulary of Knights Templar of the Preceptory of Novillas, a collection of 444 manuscripts describing the corporative identity, the rights and the properties of the order in a tensioned area of border across the three main kingdoms of Spain (Aragon, Castile and Pamplona). In the former islamic Valley of the middle Ebro, the Templar's area of influence developed around the encomienda of Novillas.

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