Salvatierra de Esca

Salvatierra de Esca municipality
Salvatierra de Esca
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Jacetania
Coordinates	42 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 1 ° 0 ′  W
Area :	81.24 km²
Residents :	199 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.45 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50682
Municipality number  ( INE ):	50232

Salvatierra de Esca is a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) in the foothills of the Pyrenees in the province of Saragossa in the autonomous community of Aragon . Salvatierra de Esca belongs to the Comarca Jacetania . The town on the Esca River had 199 inhabitants in 2019.

history

Salvatierra de Esca was founded in the 13th century to protect the border between Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre . Remains of the monastery of Santa María de Fuenfría , which was consacrated in 876 and founded by García Íñiguez de Pamplona, ​​remain.

Community structure

The districts are now Salvatierra de Esca and Lorbés . In addition, the former place Focheto was in the municipality.

Attractions

• Parish Church of El Salvador , late Gothic building
• Church Virgen del Pilar in the 18th century
• Virgen de la Peña Hermitage

literature

• Huesca. Tourist guide of the Altoaragón. Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6 , p. 21.

Web links

Commons : Salvatierra de Esca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Salvatierra de Escá ( Spanish , PDF 183 kB) Instituto Aragonés de Estadística. April 24, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.