Grañén

Grañén municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Monegros
Coordinates	41 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 57 ′  N , 0 ° 22 ′  W
Height :	340  msnm
Area :	123.98 km²
Residents :	1,762 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	14.21 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22260
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22116
administration
Mayor :	Esteban Juan Antonio Rodríguez Laírla

Grañén is a Spanish municipality in the Huesca province of the autonomous community of Aragon . It is located in the Comarca of Monegros on a small hill on the Río Flumen on the railway line from Tardienta to Lleida .

Parish parts

The municipality includes the localities:

• Callén
• Curbe
• Fraella (with parish church from the 12th century)
• Montesusín

history

The place can be traced back to Roman times; the name is derived from a landowner Granius. After the Reconquista , Sancho Íñiguez was the first landlord . In 1198 King Peter II transferred the patronage of the church of Grañén to the Bishop of Huesca and in 1258 King James I gave the castle and the town of Grañén to Blasco de Maza as a fief . In the 16th century, Grañén passed to the Dukes of Villahermosa. In 1785 it was elevated to a country town (villa).

Population development since 1991

1991	1996	2001	2004
2162	2062	1994	1999

Attractions

• The cross-shaped parish church of Santiago Apostól in the transition style from Gothic to Renaissance with a Renaissance altar .

Web links

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

• Grañén in CAI-Aragón (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).