Biescas

Biescas municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Alto Gállego
Coordinates	42 ° 38 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′ N , 0 ° 19 ′ W
Height :	860 msnm
Area :	189.09 km²
Residents :	1,463 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.74 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22630
Municipality number ( INE ):	22059
administration
Website :	www.biescas.es

Biescas is the main town and administrative seat of the municipality of the same name (Municipio) in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . The place is on the banks of the Gállego and forms the entrance to the Valle de Tena . Biescas belongs to the Comarca Alto Gállego . The entire municipality of Biescas had 1589 inhabitants in 2012. The place Biescas is located in the Pyrenees at an altitude of 860 meters . On August 7, 1996, a devastating accident occurred as a result of heavy rainfall when a mudslide killed 87 people at the village's campsite .

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The place traditionally lives from agriculture , especially from pasture farming. In the 20th century it developed into a tourist center that is visited both in winter and in summer.