The creation of the county of Cirat Historical milestone · Cirat, El Alto Mijares, Castellón Image of Cirat, not of the place itself. Philip IV created the county and granted it to the Vilarig family; the place, sold in 1342 to Gonzalo Ximénez de Arenós, had been left almost empty after the forced baptism of 1535 and the expulsion of 1609. 1628 Photo: AngelVera81 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Cirat