Located to the West of the municipality of Andratx. Documents of second half of century XIV, integrate to the valley, alquerias of the Castanyola, the Tor, puig Almostem, the Castellas, the Rafal Bosc, Are Marti Alemany and Are Nadal.. Its population-dificil to make specific because it comprises of the municipal census of Andratx- does not arrive at the 700 inhabitants (1989). The name of the town comes dice from arabe ar.rakon, that means ` racó`, (the corner) with the union of I articulate. This name was in the beginning dice only to alqueria of Are Joan Pubil, today called They are Joan, and of aqui extendio to all the valley, which was divided in diverse alquerias. Very bound to them they appear Sant Elm, Sa Palomera, the island of the Dragonera, the valley of Sant Josep and the Trapa. The old document but of the valley data of end of century XIV and makes reference to the set of alquerias that part in the zone formed, other documents of century XVI already give the name of the valley of the Pardon. In century XVIII already habia some inhabited houses and a small urban nucleo. During both previous centuries the valley habia turned a refuge of bandits of all the island and a place of bloody confrontations between the rival families of Simó and Vic, separate the incursions of the Muslim pirates who took advantage of the desert island the Dragonera as he bases logistica for his attacks. Of this base today called LLadró cove, that means pirate of the sea, single it is left of memory his name. The first nucleo of population is going away to form at the beginning of the XVIII, around a small chapel dedicated to Santo Christ, who it was built in the 1704 by Antoni Ferrandell Verí, considered founder of the town. The present church data of 1742.En 1853 is constructed the first highway that facilitates the commerce with the capital. The first houses were the big rambling houses of Are constructed Castell and of They are Joan around
the church. In 1852 I am constructed a bridge on the torrent of Sa Capella, that unio the low zone with the discharge obtaining asi an urban unit but compacts. The migratory flow from arraconers to France is going to begin with the brothers Pere and Guillem Alemany - Dametes, Miguel Fleixas - Matinada- and Antony Alemany - Pereta- who formed unasociedad to operate in France the commerce of wines. Despues, many others followed to him and the money flow was incessant. This economico growth this reflected, entered years 20, in the houses constructed by the emigrants who returned. Despues of this progress, the town sintio the necessity of an own unfolding. In 1925 a society of Friends of the town and periodic the arraconense voice is created . It is in these times when the polemica arises on the iindependencia of the town, caused by a law of the Directory military, referring to the municipal segregations. Great mayoria of arraconers was pronounced to favor, per June of the 26, to name mayor to Joan Alemany Esteva. But they habian begun the problems. A popular subscription was made to construct a school, habia that to pay personal of administration supposing an increase of the municipal budget, that recaia on the rural proprietors and the workers of the place, therefore promovio inteegracion to I am finished municipal of Andratx.Se mainly opposed the collaborators of the Voice Arraconense which they exigian a radical transformation of life based on the work of the cord and the agriculture of self-sufficiency, to raiz of this polemica great rivalries were created and the town dividio in targets (preservative) and black (liberal). February of 1930 a new mayor enters, Jaume Alemany, the master deSon Castell, possession of Lluis Alemany, andritxol, politico representative next to Joan March. The excuse of not being able to maintain a city council own is going to serve so that entreun mayor as both municipalities, Macia Enseñat. Integration is consumed and Sárraco contributes to Andratx two regidores of right, to raiz of aqui the history of the town always to state related to the one of Andratx. The emigration to France, the partners of Them begins cadets of Majorque , that are 800 Majorcan families and French residents in France maintain the magazine semimonthly Paris-Baleares, appeared in 1958, like union nexus.
And continuous history.......