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La Fueva

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La Fueva (Spanish)
A Fueba (Aragonese)
Landscape in La Fueva.
Landscape in La Fueva.
Coat of arms of La Fueva (Spanish)
La Fueva (Spanish) is located in Spain
La Fueva (Spanish)
La Fueva (Spanish)
Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 42°22′11″N 0°16′20″W / 42.36972°N 0.27222°W / 42.36972; -0.27222
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAragon
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaSobrarbe
Government
 • MayorJosé Ramón Laplana Buetas
Area
 • Total218.85 km2 (84.50 sq mi)
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total597
 • Density2.7/km2 (7.1/sq mi)
DemonymFuevanos or Fovanos
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

La Fueva (in Aragonese: A Fueba;[2] and officially "La Fueva-A Fueba"[3]) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, western Spain. As of 2010, the municipality has a population of 619 inhabitants.

The main settlement, and municipal seat, is the village of Tierrantona. The ruins of the Real Monasterio de San Victorián are located in La Fueva municipal term, at the feet of the Peña Montañesa.

Other notable features in the municipality include Cerro de Charo, a small hill.

References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ As shown in the Legislative Decree 2/2006 Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved.
  3. ^ (in Spanish) «Law 5/2003 of creation of the Comarca of Sobrarbe in a program of the Government of Aragon, published in the BOE of February 26, 2003. Consulted the November 12, 2010.
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