Benabarre

Benabarre parish
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 29 ′  E
Height :	788  msnm
Area :	157.14 km²
Residents :	1,124 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.15 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22580
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22053
administration
Mayor :	Alfredo Sancho Guardia ( PSOE )
Website :	www.benabarre.es

Benabarre

Benabarre ( Catalan Benabarri or Benavarri ) is a Catalan-speaking municipality belonging to the Franja de Aragón in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is the historic capital of the Ribagorza . Benabarre is on the N 230 road from the French border via Vielha to Lleida , from which the N 123 road to Barbastro branches off.

Municipal area

Benabarre includes the localities:

• Aler
• Antenza
• Benabarre
• Caladrones
• Castilló del Plà
• Ciscar
• Estaña
• Pilzán
• Purroy de la Solana

In the municipality is also the Aeródromo de Benabarre , an airfield for smaller planes.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1035.

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004
1233	1195	1120	1112

Attractions

Benabarre Church

• Castle of the Counts of Ribagorza
• Gothic church
• Medieval city center
• Hermitage of San Medardo
• San Román in Estaña
• San Esteban in Estaña
• San Jaume in Antensa
• San Salvador in Antensa
• Santa Maria in Calladrons
• Santa Ana in Calladrons

Community partnerships

•  France Aurignac

Personalities

• Juan II of Ribagorza
• Pedro García de Benavarre, painter
• Juan Bayarte Calasanz y Ávalos, governor of the Ribagorza
• Miquel Ángel Marín, diplomat

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).

Web links

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

• CAI Aragon-Benabarre