Montanuy

Montanuy municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  E
Height :	1205  msnm
Area :	174.2 km²
Residents :	212 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.22 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22487
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22157
administration
Mayor :	José María Agullana Palacín ( PSOE )

Montanuy ( Catalan Montanui ) is a Catalan-speaking municipality belonging to the Franja de Aragón in the province of Huesca in the Autonomous Community of Aragon ( Spain ). It is located in the Comarca Ribagorza largely west of the Noguera Ribagorzana River .

Municipal area

The municipality includes the localities:

• Aneto
• Ardanuy
• Benifóns
• Bono
• Castanesa
• Castarnés
• Escané
• Estet
• Fonchanina
• Forcat
• Ginaste
• Montanuy
• Noales
• Ribera
• Señíu
• Viñal.

The former municipalities of Bono and Castanesa were incorporated between 1960 and 1970.

history

First mentioned in the year 1000, it was built around a castle that secured the route into the Val d'Aran .

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004
327	322	296	308

Attractions

Ermita llucia

• 17th century church
• Casa del Corredor with a defense tower from the 16th century
• Casal d'Arro
• Casal de Quintana
• Hermitage Virgen de Bigüerri

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 : Montanuy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• CAI Aragon-Montanuy