Azara, Huesca

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Municipality in Somontano de Barbastro, ESP

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ESPComarcaSomontano de BarbastroProvinceHuescaGovernment

• MayorJerónimo Santos Larroya Domper ( PSOE-Aragón )Area

• Total14.49 km² (5.59 sq mi)Elevation

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429 m (1,407 ft)Population

(2018)^[2]

• Total174Postal code

22311

Azara is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Spain. In 2018, it had a population of 174 inhabitants. It is located in the middle of a valley named after Alferche, to the right of the La Clamor Canyon, surrounded by sandstone the highest among which is Peña de Santa Margarita, 40 km away from Huesca.

Administration

Recent Mayors of Azara

Period	Mayor	Party
1979-1983
1983-1987
1987-1991
1991-1995
1995-1999
1999-2003
2003-2007	Santos Larroya Domper	PSOE-Aragón
2007-2011		PSOE-Aragón
2011-2015	Jerónimo Santos Larroya Domper^[3]	PSOE-Aragón

Electoral results

Municipal Elections^[4]
Party	2003	2007	2011
Partido de los Socialistas de Aragón	4	3	3
Partido Popular de Aragón (PP)	1	2	2
PAR			-
CHA	-	-
Total	5	5	5

Demography

Demographic evolution
1900	1910	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1986	1992	1999	2004
491	441	441	380	308	363	310	269	237	225	224	200

Monuments

The Santa Lucia Church
Peña/Piedra Santa Margarita (Azara) was an old castle belonging to Arabs. For lieutenant it had to Barbatuerta immediately after the reconquista (1101-4), and in times of Labaña (1610) it belonged to Sanjuanistas de Barbastro.

Feasts

Major feast is celebrated from 13 December to 16 December in honour of Santa Lucía.
Easter Monday.
Cultural Days of June.

References

^ Gobierno de Aragón. "Zonas altimétricas por rangos en Aragón y España, y altitud de los municipios de Aragón. (Altitude zones by range in Aragon and Spain and altitude of the municipalities of Aragon)". Datos geográficos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Alcaldes de Aragón de las elecciones de 2011 (Mayors of Aragon from the 2011 Elections)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-07.
^ Gobierno de Aragón. "Archivo Electoral de Aragón (Aragon Electoral Files)". Retrieved 13 August 2012.