Sesa (Huesca)

Sesa municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Hoya de Huesca
Coordinates	42 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′  N , 0 ° 15 ′  W
Height :	437  msnm
Area :	30.7 km²
Residents :	161 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.24 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22110
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22220
administration
Mayor :	José Luis Estallo Pérez (PAR)
Website :	www.villadesesa.es

Sesa is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Hoya de Huesca on the right bank of the Río Guatizalema and on the A-131 road.

history

The place, which was probably already settled in Roman times under the name Sesars, was first mentioned in a document in 1103 on the occasion of a donation of Sesa Castle to the Cathedral of Huesca by King Pedro I of Aragón .

Population development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1986	1992	1999	2004
834	836	773	647	577	448	385	343	329	295	262	241

Attractions

• The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Jarea, which probably goes back to an Islamic building from the time before the Reconquista
• San Juan Bautista Church
• Gothic Fuente Alpín

Web links

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

• Sesa in CAI-Aragón (Spanish)

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).