Seira (Huesca)

Seira municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Ribagorza
Coordinates	42 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 29 ′  N , 0 ° 26 ′  E
Height :	810  msnm
Area :	69.4 km²
Residents :	148 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.13 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22463
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22215
administration
Mayor :	José María Palacín Fumat ( PSOE )

Seira is a Spanish municipality in the Huesca province of the autonomous community of Aragon . The place is in the Comarca Ribagorza in the valley of the Ésera . Seira is considered the gateway to the Benasque Valley , which is closed by the Congosto de Ventamillo. There is a hydroelectric power plant in Seira.

Municipal area

The municipality includes the localities:

• Abi
• Barbaruéns
• Seira

Population development

1991	1996	2001	2004	2011
218	202	202	179	151

Attractions

San Miguel in Abi

• Romanesque church of San Miguel in Abi from the 12th century.
• Remains of the monastery of Sant Pere de Taverna, which supposedly dates back to the Visigothic period .
• Hermitage of San Cristóbal in Barbaruéns.
• A dolmen was found near the river bank in the municipality .

Sons and daughters

• Alexandre Masoliver (1934–2019), religious priest and religious historian

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).

literature

• Total guide : Pirineo aragonés . Grupo Anaya, Madrid 2005, p. 89, ISBN 84-9776-047-6

Web links

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

• CAI Aragón-Seira (Spanish)
• Abi in Románico aragonés (Spanish)