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Puebla de Arenoso, in the Alto Mijares, takes its name from the barony of Arenós, one of the most important of inland Castellón. A suspension bridge over the Mijares was opened here in 1894.
In 1229 Zayd Abu Zayd, the last Almohad governor of Valencia, signed a vassalage pact with James I, ratified in Teruel in 1232. His daughter Alda Fernández married Blasco Eximénez de Tarazona and the family took the surname Arenoso. On 8 August 1317 the founding charter was granted, with franchises the rest of the castle's district lacked.
In 1462 Valencian forces besieged and dismantled the castle, then owned by Prince James of Aragon, and the inhabitants spread over several settlements, one of which is today's village. In 1464 John II confiscated the barony and added it to the Crown; later it passed to the Duchy of Villahermosa. In the early 20th century the village reached about 2,000 inhabitants and then suffered successive waves of emigration. The 1894 suspension bridge fell into disuse and, because of ground subsidence, the town council took down its numbered remains to rebuild it higher up.
Text written by Zona Zero TV from public sources; early dates vary between authors. Sources: Puebla de Arenoso (Hispanopedia, basado en Wikipedia, CC BY-SA). Checked on 2/11/2026.
