Loarre

Loarre municipality
	Loarre - Castillo
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Hoya de Huesca
Coordinates	42 ° 19 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 19 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W
Height :	775 msnm
Area :	74.42 km²
Residents :	338 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22809
Municipality number ( INE ):	22149
administration
Website :	Loarre

Loarre - the townscape

Loarre or Lobarre is a place and one from the main village and three hamlets (Pedanías) existing northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 338 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon .

Location and climate

The place Loarre is located on an old trade route a good 30 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Huesca at an altitude of about 775 m ; the city of Zaragoza is about 100 km south. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 640 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,696	1,544	696	407	332

The increasing mechanization of agriculture in the 20th century resulted in a continuous loss of jobs and a significant decline in the number of inhabitants.

economy

In the past, the inhabitants of the place lived directly or indirectly (as farmers, land or transport workers, traders or craftsmen) from farming and livestock. Since the 1960s, tourism has played an increasingly important role in the municipality's economic life.

history

Celtic , Roman and Visigoth traces have not yet been discovered in the region and so it can be assumed that the place was used as a resting place or as a stopover for shepherds and their flocks as well as for traders and their goods on the way from Huesca to in late antiquity or in the early Middle Ages Jaca or Pamplona came into being. The first mention of the place name Luar comes from the year 1099. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the place and the castle were sold by the Crown of Aragon to local and regional noble families.

Attractions

San Esteban Church

The church of San Estéban is a three-aisled building from the 18th century, which was built on the site of a previous building from the 16th century, of which the lower floors of the bell tower (campanar) including a star-vaulted chapel have been preserved. The central nave has a classicist vault with stitch caps , which continues into the flat-closing apse .

Surroundings

The main attraction of the municipality is the Castillo de Loarre , located approx. 4 km northeast of the village and built in the 11th and early 12th centuries .
The Romanesque Ermita de Santa Águeda with its impressive step portal is nearby. The interior of the small unadorned church building is covered by a pointed barrel vault .
The Ermita de San Andrés is a ruined building from the 12th century below a steep rock face.
The Ermita de la Virgen de la Pena stands in an imposing rocky landscape in the district of Aniés; it originally dates from the 13th century, but was restored and redesigned in the 18th and 19th centuries.