Bierge

Bierge municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Somontano de Barbastro
Coordinates	42 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 10 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
Height :	602  msnm
Area :	145.03 km²
Residents :	239 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.65 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22144
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22058
administration
Website :	www.bierge.es

The place with the parish church

Bierge ( Aragonese Biarche ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon . It is located in the Comarca Somontano de Barbastro , about 40 kilometers east of Huesca . Bierge, located in the Sierra de Guara , can be reached via the A1229 road. Parts of the municipality belong to the Natural Park Parque natural de la Sierra y los Cañones de Guara .

Community structure

• Bierge
• Morrano , formerly an independent municipality
• Rodellar , formerly an independent municipality

Other hamlets and places to live: Cheto , Las Almunias de Rodellar , Letosa , Nasarre , Otín , Pedruel , San Hipólito , San Román , San Saturnino and Yaso .

Population development

Development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1992	1999	2004
652	634	607	543	409	351	330	251	195	225	246

Attractions

• Gothic parish church of Santiago apóstol
• Romanesque Ermita de San Fructuoso , built in the 13th century ( Bien de Interés Cultural ), parts of the wall paintings are in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona
• Ermita de San Pedro de Verona , built at the end of the 17th century

literature

• Cayetano Enríquez de Salamanca : Rutas del Románico en la provincia de Huesca . Enríquez de Salamanca Editor, 2nd edition, Madrid 1993, ISBN 84-398-9582-8 , p. 202.
• Huesca. Tourist guide of the Altoaragón. Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6 , p. 259.

Web links

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

• Bierge in CAI-Aragón (Spanish)
• Bierge at the Comarca Somontano de Barbastro (Spanish, accessed February 10, 2014)

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).