Albelda (Huesca)

Albelda municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	La litera
Coordinates	41 ° 52 ' N , 0 ° 28' E Coordinates: 41 ° 52 ' N , 0 ° 28' E
Height :	361 msnm
Area :	51.9 km²
Residents :	698 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	13.45 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22558
Municipality number ( INE ):	22009
administration
Mayor :	María Ángeles Roca Llop ( PSOE )
Website :	www.albelda.es

Albelda is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca La Litera in the predominantly Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón . The area is formed by gypsum formations.

history

Various Iberian remains have been found in Albelda. The name of the community goes back to the Arabic al-balda (البلدة) (country town). After the Reconquista , the rule between the dioceses of Lleida and Barbastro was disputed. In the 13th and 14th centuries Albelda was the seat of a rule of the Counts of Urgell and later the Peralta. In 1629, under Philip IV, it was elevated to the status of a country town (villa).

economy

Albelda is predominantly agricultural (fruit growing and wheat).

population

Development since 1900
1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1978	1991	1996	2001	2004	2008
1,133	-	-	-	1,458	-	-	1,148	1,023	975	926	877	870

Attractions

The former collegiate church of San Vicente from the 16th century
The hermitages of San Sebastián and San Roque, the latter 2 km from the village.

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

Web links

Commons : Albelda - collection of images, videos and audio files

Hermitage of San Roque ( Memento of November 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).