Yesa

Yesa municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Comarca :	Navarra Media
Coordinates	42 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′  N , 1 ° 12 ′  W
Height :	502  msnm
Area :	22.22 km²
Residents :	292 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	13.14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	31410
Municipality number  ( INE ):	31261
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Mayor :	José Antonio Aquerreta

Yesa is a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarre , 46 km southeast of the capital Pamplona .

San Salvador de Leyre Monastery

Local situation

The municipality lies at the foot of the Sierra de Leyre ridge and in parts of the municipality reaches heights of over 1,000 m above sea level. NN . The highest point is Mount Arangoiti at 1,375 m. Two kilometers from the village is the Yesa dam named after him with 450 million m³ storage capacity. The villages of Javier , Liédana and Sangüesa are in the immediate vicinity.

Population development of the municipality

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Culture

The Cistercian monastery of San Salvador de Leyre is located in the municipality .

The ruins of a bridge over the Aragón River from the 12th century still have some Roman parts on the struts . The bridge is associated with a legendary battle that the inhabitants of the Roncal Valley are said to have fought against the Moorish army during the Reconquista .

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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