San Esteban de Litera

San Esteban de Litera municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	La litera
Coordinates	41 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 20 ′  E
Height :	471  msnm
Area :	71.90 km²
Residents :	535 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.44 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22512
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22205
administration
Mayor :	Fernando Sabés Turmo ( PSOE )
Website :	www.sanestebandelitera.es

San Esteban de Litera ( Catalan Sant Esteve de Llitera ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca La Litera in the predominantly Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón in the area of ​​the Río Cinca and the Río Sosa. Linguistically, the municipality belongs to the transition area from Catalan to Aragonese .

Church assignment

The parish belonged to the diocese of Lleida , but recently came to the diocese of Barbastro-Monzón.

Municipal area

The following places belong to the municipality:

• San Esteban de Litera
• Rocafort, left today

history

The municipality, which was recaptured from Moorish ownership for a short time in 1064, finally came under Aragonese rule after several changes of rule between 1143 and 1149. It is located in the extreme south of the historic Ribagorza county . In 1648 the place was badly affected by the plague.

Population development since 1991

1991	1996	2001	2004	2007	2008
689	658	600	562	497	550

Attractions

• Tower of the San Esteban Castle
• Chapel of San Roque, formerly part of a hospital, and the chapels of Santiago, Virgen de la Cama and Casa Salas.
• Hermitage of San Isidro
• Parish Church of San Esteban

Web links

Commons : San Esteban de Litera  - 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).