Castiello de Jaca
Castiello de Jaca municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Huesca | |
Comarca : | Jacetania | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 38 ′ N , 0 ° 33 ′ W | |
Area : | 17.43 km² | |
Residents : | 243 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 13.94 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 22710 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 22086 |
Castiello de Jaca is a Spanish town in the western Pyrenees on the edge of the Camino de Santiago . It is located in the Comarca Jacetania in the province of Huesca of the autonomous community of Aragon and is the capital of the municipality of the same name ( Municipio ). The place Aratorés also belongs to this .
The village was built on a hill, around the eponymous castle, which has now disappeared, and has retained its irregular medieval layout.
Attractions
- San Miguel Church, Romanesque in origin but largely rebuilt
- Romanesque hermitage of Santa Juliana at the southern exit of the village
- Santa María de Iguácel Church from the 11th century
population
year | 1842 | 1877 | 1930 | 1991 | 2007 |
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Residents | 235 | 559 | 544 | 139 | 205 |
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
- Enciclopedia del Románico en Aragón: Huesca. Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico, Volume I (Jacetania), Aguilar del Campoo 2016, ISBN 978-84-15072-94-2 , pp. 211-216.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
← Previous location: Villanúa 6.5 km | Castiello de Jaca | Next town: Jaca 8.5 km →
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