Azara, Huesca
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| Azara | |
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| Municipality | |
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| Country |  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[1] | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
| Postal code | 22311 |
Azara is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Spain. In 2010, it had a population of 200 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.
File:Iglesia de Azara.jpg
Church in Azara
Contents
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[2] | PSOE-Aragón |
Electoral results
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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
External links
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