Azara, Huesca Explained
| Official Name: | Azara |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Name1: | Somontano de Barbastro |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Huesca |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Jerónimo Santos Larroya Domper (PSOE-Aragón) |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.49 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 429 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 22311 |
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[2] | PSOE-Aragón | | |
Electoral results
Demography
Demographic evolution! 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.
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: 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) . 15 August 2012 . Gobierno de Aragón . Datos geográficos . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111204174343/http://www.aragon.es/DepartamentosOrganismosPublicos/Organismos/InstitutoAragonesEstadistica/AreasTematicas/Territorio/ci.01_Datos_Geograficos.detalleDepartamento?channelSelected=0 . 4 December 2011 .
- Web site: Alcaldes de Aragón de las elecciones de 2011 (Mayors of Aragon from the 2011 Elections) . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110907160459/http://www.mpt.gob.es/areas/politica_local/alcaldes_2011/parrafo/00/document_es/Aragon.pdf . 2011-09-07 .
