Ballobar

Ballobar municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Bajo Cinca
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 0 ° 11 ′  E
Height :	153  msnm
Area :	127.73 km²
Residents :	812 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	6.36 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22234
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22046
administration
Mayor :	María José Fontanet Bardají ( PSOE )

Ballobar ( Aragonese Vallobar ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca Bajo Cinca on the right bank of the Río Alcanadre .

history

In 1212 King Peter II of Aragon gave the place to the Santa María de Sigena monastery . In 1268 King James I of Aragon sold the country town and castle Ballobar to Countess Constanza von Urgel. Jacob II of Aragon left the place to William of Moncada in 1294.

population

Development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1986	1992	1999	2004
2,395	2,354	2,032	1,967	1,594	1,498	1,335	1,203	1,232	1,155	1,071	1.012

Attractions

• Parish Church of the Assumption
• Hermitage of San Juan Bautista , Nuestra Señora de Loreto and San Roque

literature

• Francisco Castillón Cortada: Ballobar. Su presencia en el valle del Cinca . Imprenta Provincial, Huesca 1975.

Web links

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

• Ballobar in CAI-Aragón

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).