Santa Cilia

Santa Cilia / Santa Zilia de Chaca municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Jacetania
Coordinates	42 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W
Area :	28.10 km²
Residents :	240 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	8.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22791
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22208
administration
Mayor :	Manuel Máñez Vivas ( CHA , until 2011)
Website :	www.santacilia.es

Santa Cilia (de Jaca) is a municipality (municipality) in the foothills of the Pyrenees on the edge of the Camino de Santiago . It is located in the Comarca Jacetania in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon . The village of Somanés still belongs to the municipality .

In the village stands the church of Santa Cilia ( St. Cecilia ). The place was named after the monastery of the same name, which no longer exists today. In the middle of the 14th century it lost its independence and was under the monastery of San Juan de la Peña for about two centuries .

geography

The municipality is bordered by Monte Canet (1249 m) in the north and by Monte Cuculo (1552 m) in the south.

The Rio Aragon flows north past Santa Cilia.

Transport links

Santa Cilia is easily accessible via the N-240 from the east ( Jaca ) or from the Puente la Reina de Jaca to the west . The nearest train station is in Jaca, 14 km away, from where there is a regular bus service to Santa Cilia.

The nearest commercial airports are Zaragoza Airport (148 km) and Pamplona Airport (297 km). Santa Cilia has a sports airport, the Aeródromo de Santa Cilia-Los Pirineos .

economy

The main income of the 193 inhabitants is still in agriculture, the area is known for the green asparagus and since 1991 for the production of wine vinegar .

population

Number of inhabitants

year	1897	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2007
Residents	412	484	511	506	437	424	431	362	253	214	158	193

Festivals and Celebrations

• April 30th (Romería a la Virgen de la Peña)
• May 15 (San Isidro)
• September 8 (La Natividad de la Virgen)

Attractions

• Palace, built in the 15th / 16th centuries century
• modern pilgrim monument

literature

• Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .

Web links

Commons : Santa Cilia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Treatise on the Via Tolosana and the Camino Aragones ( Memento of August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish, PDF file; 4.19 MB)

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).

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