Tardienta

Tardienta municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Monegros
Coordinates	41 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 59 ′  N , 0 ° 32 ′  W
Height :	389  msnm
Area :	90.71 km²
Residents :	961 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	10.59 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22240
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22226
administration
Mayor :	Mari Luz Abadía ( PSOE )
Website :	www.tardienta.es

Tardienta is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located on the Canal de Los Monegros in the Comarca Monegros in the Llanos de la Violada south of Huesca and has a train station on the high-speed line Saragossa – Huesca , from which the line to Lleida branches off here.

history

Tardienta is said to have been inhabited since pre-Roman times. In 1118 the place was recaptured from the hands of the Moors in the course of the Reconquista . In the Middle Ages it belonged to Almudévar as a hamlet (aldea) . In 1786 Tarienta was given the title of villa (country town). In 1861 it was connected to the railway network. The strategically important place suffered damage during the Spanish Civil War . Recently an airfield and an amusement park have been built.

Population development since 1991

1991	1996	2001	2004
1211	1087	1087	1072

Attractions

• The two-aisled parish church of Santiago el Mayor from the 16th century with a bell tower.

Web links

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

• CAI-Aragón via Tardienta (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).