Velilla de Cinca

Municipality of Velilla de Cinca
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Huesca
Comarca :	Bajo Cinca
Coordinates	41 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  E
Height :	125  msnm
Area :	16.54 km²
Residents :	461 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	27.87 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	22528
Municipality number  ( INE ):	22245
administration
Mayor :	José Luis Sanjuán Gallinat (PAR)
Website :	www.velilladecinca.es

Velilla de Cinca ( Catalan Vilella de Cinca ) is a municipality in the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the Comarca Bajo Cinca on the right bank of the Río Cinca and belongs to the predominantly Catalan-speaking Franja de Aragón .

history

In 1252, King James I of Aragon gave the castle of Velilla to Ramón de Moncada, who soon sold it to the Abengania Monastery.

Population development since 1900

1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1986	1992	1999	2004
980	993	851	818	823	760	658	569	556	519	478	441

Attractions

• Baroque parish church of Sant Llorenç
• Hermitage of Sant Valer, built in the 13th century
• Necropolis from Roman times

literature

• Monton Broto, Félix J .: El mausoleo romano de Velilla de Cinca. (Ed. Institución Fernando el Católico, Zaragoza 1982)
• Various authors: Velilla de Cinca y su ermita de San Valero. (Ed. Heraldo de Aragón, Zaragoza 1983)

Web links

Commons : Velilla de Cinca  - 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).