Sallent de Gállego

Sallent de Gállego municipality
Sallent de Gállego - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Alto Gállego
Coordinates	42 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 46 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  W
Height :	1300  msnm
Area :	162.14 km²
Residents :	1,478 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	9.12 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22640
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22204
administration
Website :	Sallent de Gállego

Embalse de Lanuza

Sallent de Gállego or Sallent de Galligo is a place and a northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) consisting of the main town and several villages with 1,478 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) south of the Pyrenees main ridge in the north of the province of Huesca in the autonomous region of Aragon .

Location and climate

The place Sallent de Gállego is located on the upper reaches of the Río Gállego in the upper area of ​​the Valle de Tena almost 88 kilometers (driving distance) north of the provincial capital Huesca at an altitude of about 1300  m ; the Puerto de Portalet d'Aneu , d. H. the border with France is only about 16 kilometers northwest. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 1035 mm / year) falls over the year.

Community structure

• Sallent de Gállego
• Escarrilla
• Formigal
• Lanuza
• Sandiniés
• Tramacastilla de Tena

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	586	626	1,319	1,053	1,444

The increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous loss of jobs in the second half of the 20th century, but this was more than compensated for by incorporation and the growing tourism sector.

economy

In the past, the inhabitants of the place lived directly or indirectly (as farmers, land or transport workers, traders or craftsmen) from agriculture. 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 created in late antiquity or in the early Middle Ages as a resting place or as a stopover for shepherds and their flocks as well as for traders and their goods.

Attractions

Church chancel

• The landscape of the village and its surroundings, surrounded by mountains, is one of the most beautiful in Spain.
• A reservoir (Embalse de Lanuza) is located immediately south of the village and contributes to its attractive overall appearance.
• In the village itself there are numerous old and new houses with external walls made of quarry stone.
• From a cultural point of view, a single arched late medieval bridge (Puente del Paco) over the Río Gállego is worth mentioning.
• The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Assunción was built in the late Gothic style on the site of a medieval Romanesque church between 1525 and 1538 . The yokes of the nave (nature) are of star vaults spans; that of the apse with its gilded hanging keystones stands out from an artistic point of view. There are also three altar retables (retablos) : The main altar dates from 1537 and shows Renaissance forms and panel paintings, the two sides have blown gables with decorative obelisks and show the typical columns of late baroque Churriguerism, rotated around an inner axis .

Formigal

• The small local church in the neighboring village of Formigal stands in the middle of a newly built area made up of holiday apartments and hotels; it dates from the 10th century (restored in 1972) and still shows Mozarabic style elements.

Web links

Commons : Sallent de Gállego  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sallent de Gallego's Tourism page - Photos and information (English)

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).
2. ↑ Sallent de Gállego - climate tables
3. ^ Sallent de Gállego - population development
4. ↑ Sallent de Gállego - History
5. ↑ Sallent de Gállego - Bridge
6. ↑ Sallent de Gállego - Church