Puente de Montañana

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Puente de Montañana municipality
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Coat of arms of Puente de Montañana
Puente de Montañana (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Aragon
Province : Huesca
Comarca : Ribagorza
Coordinates 42 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 9 ′  N , 0 ° 42 ′  E
Height : 540  msnm
Area : 48.6 km²
Residents : 89 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1.83 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 22584
Municipality number  ( INE ): 22188
administration
Mayor : Ricardo Armengol Rosell ( PSOE )
Website : www.puentedemontanana.es

Puente de Montañana ( Catalan Pont de Montanyana ) 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 south of the Comarca Ribagorza on the west bank of the Noguera Ribagorzana River .

Montañana Church

Municipal area

The municipality includes the localities:

  • Colls
  • Montañana
  • Mora de Montañana
  • Puente de Montañana
  • Torre de Baró

economy

Traditional weaving and a mill died out. The community owns a hydroelectric power station on the Noguera Pallaresana. The former importance for administration and schools no longer exists due to depopulation.

Population development

1860 1877 1887 1897 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 1996 2001 2004
1010 1770 794 631 738 674 697 662 632 532 544 270 169 133 142 123 102

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 : Puente de Montañana  - collection of images, videos and audio files