Binéfar

Binéfar commune
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	La litera
Coordinates	41 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′  N , 0 ° 17 ′  E
Height :	286  msnm
Area :	25.1 km²
Residents :	9,561 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	380.92 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22500
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22061
administration
Mayor :	Manuel Lana Gombau (PSOE)

Tower of the Church of San Pedro Apóstol (lower part 15th century, upper part 18th century). Most of the church was built in the 16th century.

Binéfar is a municipality in the west of the Huesca province of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . Together with Tamarite de Litera, it is the capital of the Comarca La Litera . The community has 9561 inhabitants on an area of ​​25 km² (as of January 1, 2019) and is 286 meters above sea level.

Binéfar is located between Monzón and Almacelles on the N-240 national road and is therefore on the approach from Catalonia to the provincial capital Huesca .

The name Binéfars could be of Arabic origin and go back to a gentleman named Affa or Effar. This theory was advocated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries by the local linguist Benito Coll . According to this, Binéfar was derived from Ben-Affa (sons of Affa) and over time has been transformed into Abinefar, Avenafar, Benafar or Binafar. It was known by this name in Monzón in the 10th century.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1092.

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2005	2009
8.001	8,130	8,397	9.012	9,444

Today Binéfar is one of the few municipalities in Aragon that has experienced long-term population growth. Between the beginning of the 20th century and 1999, the population rose from 2,141 to 8,136.

economy

Despite its size, the place is of national economic importance, as the Lonja Agropecuaria de Binéfar , the most important cattle exchange in Spain, is located there.

climate

The climate is Mediterranean-continental with an arid tendency. The mean annual temperature is 15 ° C, the mean rainfall between 250 and 500 mm.

Attractions

• Aragon-Catalonia Canal
• San Pedro Church
• Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Romeral and Ermita de San Quilez .
• Various houses, city palaces and squares (Casa Ruata, Casa de Cultura, Casa Fabián, Plaza Padre Llanas, Plaza de la Litera, Casa Roteta y Montañés and Casa Corzán).

Web links

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

• Official Website (Spanish)
• CAI Turismo Binéfar , information about Binéfar (mainly tourist type, Spanish)

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).