Isábena (Huesca)

Isábena municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 18 ' N , 0 ° 32' E Coordinates: 42 ° 18 ' N , 0 ° 32' E
Height :	907 msnm
Area :	118.53 km²
Residents :	235 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.98 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22482
Municipality number ( INE ):	22129
administration
Mayor :	Alberto Lamora Minchot ( PP )
Website :	www.isabena.es

Isábena ( Isàvena in Catalan ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . The municipality includes various settlement centers in the valley of the Isábena (river) . Isábena belongs to the Comarca Ribagorza .

Speech situation

Isábena is in the transition area from Aragonese to Catalan . Belonging to the (mostly Catalan-speaking) Franja de Aragón is controversial.

Localities of the municipality

Esdolomada
La Puebla de Roda
Merli
Mont de Roda
Nocellas
Roda de Isábena , the seat of a bishopric in the 10th and 11th centuries
San Esteban del Mall
Serraduy

and uninhabited places:

history

In 1964, the municipalities of Puebla de Roda and Roda de Isábena merged to form the new municipality of Isábena. In 1966 part of the former municipality of Merli was incorporated with Esdolomada, Merli and Nocellas, in 1970 also San Esteban del Mall and finally in 1977 Serraduy with the districts of La Vileta and Riguala .

Population development

Population development of Isábena
1900	1950	1978	1998	2008
787	708	374	257	327

tourism

In 1996, Jose Badía from the village of La Puebla de Roda and his German wife Renate Beutmüller-Badia founded the Isábena campsite and bungalow park. In the last few years various bungalows and mobile homes have been added. There are now 34 holiday homes in the complex. In 2008 a large swimming pool with a children's area was opened. In 2011 a wellness area with sauna, Turkish steam bath and whirlpool was added.

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).
↑ Source: Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa

Web links

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

[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).

[2] Source: Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa