Chía (Huesca)

Chía municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 31 '  N , 0 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 31 '  N , 0 ° 28'  E
Height :	1221  msnm
Area :	25.95 km²
Residents :	83 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.2 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22465
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22095
administration
Mayor :	Jose Luis Pallaruelo ( PSOE )

Chía is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca Ribagorza at the foot of the Sierra de Chía. In Chía, as in the entire Benasque Valley, a Catalan - Aragonese dialect known as Benasqués (or Patués) is spoken.

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004
127	121	111	112

history

Chía is first mentioned around the year 1015.

Attractions

Antependium from San Martín

• Buildings in Pyrenees architecture.
• The 13th century hermitage of San Martín de Chía. An antemensale from San Martín is exhibited in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona .
• The originally Romanesque parish church of San Vicente.

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).

Web links

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

• CAI Aragón-Chía (Spanish)
• Information about the place (Spanish)