Candasnos

Candasnos municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Bajo Cinca
Coordinates	41 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 4 ′  E
Height :	292  msnm
Area :	122.45 km²
Residents :	462 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22591
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22077
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Guisado Lasala ( PSOE )

Candasnos is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is in the comarca of Bajo Cinca .

history

The place was built in 1188 by King Alfonso II. Of Aragon the monastery Sigena passed, which sent 1,217 settlers a year. In 1257, King James I of Aragon gave Candasnos a fief to Raymond of Borja.

economy

In agriculture today the cultivation of corn, sunflowers and half-grass is predominant. Pig breeding, sheep and poultry are of particular importance in animal husbandry.

population

Development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1986	1992	1999	2004	2007
1.006	1,050	885	1,020	975	844	814	723	699	623	558	470	438

Attractions

church

• Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary ( Romanesque with Gothic conversions)
• Hermitage of San Bartolomé and Nuestra Señora del Pilar
• Bronze Age and Iron Age finds in Valdeladrones, Tozal de los Regallos and Cabeza de la Vieja

Web links

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

• Candasnos 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).