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Azara is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Spain. In 2018, it had a population of 174 inhabitants. It is located in the middle of a valley named after Alferche, to the right of the La Clamor Canyon, surrounded by sandstone the highest among which is Peña de Santa Margarita, 40 km away from Huesca.
Azara | |
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Municipality | |
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Country | ![]() |
Comarca | Somontano de Barbastro |
Province | Huesca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jerónimo Santos Larroya Domper ( PSOE-Aragón ) |
Area | |
• Total | 14.49 km2 (5.59 sq mi) |
Elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 174 |
Postal code | 22311 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Iglesia_de_Azara.jpg/220px-Iglesia_de_Azara.jpg)
Administration
editRecent Mayors of Azara
editPeriod | Mayor | Party | |
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1979-1983 | |||
1983-1987 | |||
1987-1991 | |||
1991-1995 | |||
1995-1999 | |||
1999-2003 | |||
2003-2007 | Santos Larroya Domper | PSOE-Aragón | |
2007-2011 | PSOE-Aragón | ||
2011-2015 | Jerónimo Santos Larroya Domper[3] | PSOE-Aragón |
Electoral results
editMunicipal Elections[4]
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Party | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | |||||
Partido de los Socialistas de Aragón | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Partido Popular de Aragón (PP) | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
PAR | - | |||||||
CHA | - | - | ||||||
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Demography
edit1900 | 1910 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1986 | 1992 | 1999 | 2004 |
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491 | 441 | 441 | 380 | 308 | 363 | 310 | 269 | 237 | 225 | 224 | 200 |
Monuments
edit- The Santa Lucia Church
- Peña/Piedra Santa Margarita (Azara) was an old castle belonging to Arabs. For lieutenant it had to Barbatuerta immediately after the reconquista (1101-4), and in times of Labaña (1610) it belonged to Sanjuanistas de Barbastro.
Feasts
edit- Major feast is celebrated from 13 December to 16 December in honour of Santa Lucía.
- Easter Monday.
- Cultural Days of June.
References
edit- ^ Gobierno de Aragón. "Zonas altimétricas por rangos en Aragón y España, y altitud de los municipios de Aragón. (Altitude zones by range in Aragon and Spain and altitude of the municipalities of Aragon)". Datos geográficos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Alcaldes de Aragón de las elecciones de 2011 (Mayors of Aragon from the 2011 Elections)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-07.
- ^ Gobierno de Aragón. "Archivo Electoral de Aragón (Aragon Electoral Files)". Retrieved 13 August 2012.
External links
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