Grañén
Grañén municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Aragon | |
Province : | Huesca | |
Comarca : | Monegros | |
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 |
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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
- ↑ 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).