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Cirat, on the Mijares, was the head of a county from 1628 and had its peak population in 1833. Building the Montanejos–Cirat canal brought workers in the 1950s.
In 1142 it appears as «Cirab» in the second fuero of Daroca. In 1235 its inhabitants rebelled against Abu-Zeit over his conversion to Christianity, and a year later he recovered the town. In 1342 the Crown sold it to Gonzalo Ximénez de Arenós, who added it to the barony of Arenós.
In 1535 the Muslims who remained in Cirat were baptised. After the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 the population fell and did not recover until the late 17th century. In 1628 Philip IV created the county of Cirat, with El Tormo and Pandiel, and gave it to the Vilarig family.
In 1833 the cited peak population of 1,877 was reached. In the 1950s workers arrived to build the Montanejos–Cirat canal, and when the works ended emigration returned.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Cirat (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 1/11/2026.
