Acered is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is a small, rural settlement typical of the province's sparsely populated countryside.
According to the 2004 census carried out by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE), the municipality had a population of 236 inhabitants. That figure reflects the modest scale of the community and its status as one of the many small municipalities that make up the Zaragoza province.
As a municipality, Acered holds the administrative status of a local entity within the Spanish system of government, encompassing its surrounding territory under a single municipal administration. It lies within Aragon, a region in northeastern Spain whose capital is Zaragoza.