Alto Gállego

Alto Gállego
The location of the comarca in the province of Huesca
Basic data
Province:	Huesca
Main place:	Sabiñánigo
Surface:	1,359.80 km²
Residents:	13,462 (2019)
Municipalities:	8th

Overview of the Comarca Alto Gállego.

The Alto Gállego is a comarca ( administrative unit ) of the autonomous region of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the north of the region in the province of Huesca on the upper reaches of the Gállego River . The comarca has an area of ​​1,359.8 km² and 14,447 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013).

History and geography

The comarca was formed by the law of the Autonomous Community of Aragon of July 2, 2001, which also contains the basic provisions of its constitution.

The seat of the comarca is Sabiñánigo , the largest of the eight associated municipalities (Municipios) with around 70% of their inhabitants.

Alto Gállego originally belonged to Jacetania , the core of the former county of Aragón . The comarca borders in the west on the Jacetania, in the north on France , in the east on the comarcas Sobrarbe and Somontano de Barbastro and in the south on the Hoya de Huesca .

The associated municipalities are: Biescas , Caldearenas , Hoz de Jaca , Panticosa , Sabiñánigo , Sallent de Gállego , Yebra de Basa and Yesero .

Communities

local community	Population as of January 1, 2019
Biescas	1463
Caldearenas	229
Hoz de Jaca	70
Panticosa	784
Sabiñánigo	9238
Sallent de Gállego	1478
Yebra de Basa	143
Yésero	57

literature

• Huesca. Guía turística del Altoaragón , Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6

Web links

Commons : Alto Gállego  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Law 13/2001, of July 2, on the formation of the Comarca Alto Gállego, Boletín Oficial del Estado of August 8, 2001, p. 29394.
2. ↑ 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).