Azanuy-Alins

Azanuy-Alins municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	La litera
Coordinates	41 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  E
Height :	456  msnm
Area :	51.0 km²
Residents :	168 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.29 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22421
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22040
administration
Mayor :	Joaquín Avellana Lasierra (PAR)
Website :	www.azanuy.com

Azanuy

Azanuy-Alins ( Catalan Sanui i Alins ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the north of the Comarca La Litera. The municipality, which is located 12 kilometers from Monzón in the Sierra de Carrodilla and was created in 1968 from the merger of the two parts of the municipality, belongs to the Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón , but like San Esteban de Litera to the south, it becomes the transition zone added.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following places:

• Alíns del Monte (eight residents in 2008; Aragonese- speaking )
• Azanuy

population

Development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1978	1991	1996	2001	2004	2008
1,118	-	-	-	674	-	-	338	259	239	204	179	187

Attractions

• Parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and the hermitage of Santa Bárbara in Azanuy
• Romanesque church of San Juan in Alins del Monte

Personalities

• José Calasanz Marqués (1872–1936), beatified Salesian priest

literature

• Os bocables recullitos por Jean J. Saroïhandy en Zanui (PDF; 179 kB) Dictionary for Azanuy, Óscar Latas Alegre, ROLDE 114, pp. 44–49 (2005). (Aragonese)

Web links

Commons : Azanuy-Alins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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).