Monesma y Cajigar

Monesma y Cajigar municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 16 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  E
Height :	1024  msnm
Area :	62.6 km²
Residents :	76 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.21 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22587
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22155
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Lasheras Ballarín ( PP )

Monesma y Cajigar ( Catalan Monesma i Caixigar or Monesma i Queixigar ) is a Catalan-speaking municipality belonging to the Franja de Aragón in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca Ribagorza between the rivers Isábena and Noguera Ribagorzana in the north-south direction to Tolva running valleys of the Río Caijigar and its tributary Río de Monesma.

Municipal area

The municipality includes the localities:

• Cajigar
• Badías (center of Monesma)
• Chiró
• Colachoa
• Noguero
• Puyol
• Soliveta
• La Torre de Monesma

history

The community emerged from the union of the former communities of Cajigar and Monesma de Benabarre around 1960.

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004
109	105	98	104

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 : Monesma y Cajigar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• CAI Aragón-Monesma y Cajigar