Azara, Huesca
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Azara | |
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Municipality | |
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Flag of Azara Flag Coat of arms of Azara Coat of arms | |
| File:Azara mapa.png | |
| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP |
| 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 ()[2] | |
| Postal code | 22311 |
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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.
Administration
Recent Mayors of Azara
| Period | Mayor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Municipal 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
| 1900 | 1910 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1986 | 1992 | 1999 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491 | 441 | 441 | 380 | 308 | 363 | 310 | 269 | 237 | 225 | 224 | 200 |
Monuments
- 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
- Major feast is celebrated from 13 December to 16 December in honour of Santa Lucía.
- Easter Monday.
- Cultural Days of June.
References
- ↑ 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 español). Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑
{{citation}}: Empty citation (help) - ↑ "Alcaldes de Aragón de las elecciones de 2011 (Mayors of Aragon from the 2011 Elections)" (PDF) (in español). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-07.
- ↑ Gobierno de Aragón. "Archivo Electoral de Aragón (Aragon Electoral Files)". Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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