In application of the Aragonese version of the Alhambra Decree promulgated on March 31, 1492, and signed by King Ferdinand for the Crown of Aragon, the entire Jewish aljama of Aranda was expelled, since none of its members converted to Christianity.

In the 19th century, the ecclesiastical confiscation of Mendizábal led to the exclaustration of the Capuchins and the consequent closure of the convent of San Román, with its classrooms, library, infirmary and conventual church.

The neighbors lost these communal lands where sheep, goats and pigs were grazed, charcoal was made and firewood was obtained for homes.

In the second decade of the 20th century, there was a decrease in the young population due to emigration to America or their transfer to Barcelona and the mortality caused by the flu of 1918 that struck with intensity.

Two years later it was put into operation, flooding part of the huerta of Aranda and consequently reducing the economy of the municipality by the gradual abandonment of agricultural and livestock farms.