Arén (), in
Catalan: ''Areny de Noguera''
[As shown in th]
Legislative Decree 2/2006
of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved. (), or in
Aragonese: ''Arén de Noguera'', is a municipality located in the
province of Huesca
Huesca (; ), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.
Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French departments of Haute-Garonne, Pyrénées- ...
,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
, Spain. According to the 2018
census
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(
INE), the municipality has a population of 318 inhabitants.
Villages
These include uninhabited villages:
*Former Arén municipality: Arén, Campamento de Arén,
Sobrecastell,
Berganuy, Claraválls, Puifel and Soliva.
*Former Cornudella de Baliera municipality (merged in 1965):
Rivera de Vall,
San Martín,
El Sas, Casa Consistorial,
Puimolar
Puimolar is a locality located in the municipality of Arén, in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 2.
Geography
Puimolar is located 142km east-northeast of Huesca
Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, ...
, L'Hostalet, Vilaplana, Soperún, Iscles, Suerri and Tresserra.
*Former Betesa municipality (merged in 1966):
Betesa, Santa Eulalia,
Los Molinos and Obís.
Trivia
* The prehistoric crocodilian ''
Arenysuchus'' was named after the municipality.
* The duck billed dinosaur
Arenysaurus was also named for this place.
See also
*
Mountains of Sis
*
Arenysuchus
*
Arenysaurus
*
List of municipalities in Huesca
This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain
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References
External links
Arén on Diputación de Huesca
Municipalities in the Province of Huesca
Ribagorza
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