Ariany, Spain

Ariany is a small municipality on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain. It has an area of 22.72 km ² with 839 inhabitants in 2008, 763 of which lived in the main town. In 2006, the foreign population of the municipality was 10.4%. Since 2007 the Mayor has been Joan Ribot Mayol, re-elected in 2023.
Situated in the Plain of Mallorca it is 50km from Palma, the island Capital, 6km from Petra and 19km from Manacor.

History

Archeological findings show that the surrounding villages were present in prehistoric times. James I of Aragon first referred to the settlement with its current name. From the sixteenth century it was subject to the Cotoner family, owners of the land in Ariany. The current population center was developed around the manor house of the Auberg's, named S'Auberg i El Camí de Sa Marquesa. Other main buildings today include the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Ca ses Monges, the convent of Franciscan nuns. The village is surrounded by nature, and has no highway running through it.