Sahun

Sahún municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 28 ′  E
Height :	1124  msnm
Area :	73.3 km²
Residents :	312 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4.26 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22468
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22200
administration
Mayor :	Ricardo Víctor Pedrol Plazaola ( PSOE )

Sahún , Saún in the local dialect, Saünc in Catalan , is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca Ribagorza in the middle of the Pyrenees on the river Ésera in the valley of Benasque . Sahún borders the Parque Natural Posets-Maladeta . In Sahún, as in Benasque, a Catalan - Aragonese transition dialect known as Benasqués (or Patués) is spoken.

Municipal area

Sahún includes the following localities:

• Eresué
• Eriste (Catalan: Grist)
• Sahun

Sahún and Eriste are on the orographic right bank of the Ésera , which is dammed up by the Embalse de Linsoles , Eresué above Sesué on the left side of the valley. There is a hydroelectric power plant in Eriste.

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004
315	323	286	241

Attractions

Santurario de Guayente

• Hermitage of Sant Per Mártir
• Santuario de Guayente

Web links

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

• CAI Aragón-Sahún (Spanish)

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).