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Acín
Acín is an unpopulated village in Spain, within the municipality of Jaca, in the province of Huesca. It is located in the valley of the Garcipollera, in the Aragonese region of the Jacetania. It is not inhabited, after having been expropriated in the 1960s for the construction of the Yesa Reservoir, with the intention of replanting it with pine trees to prevent the accumulation of sediments caused by the rains from accelerating the clogging of the newly built reservoir. Geography The remains of Acín, today in complete ruins and invaded by vegetation, are located in the valley of the Ijuez river, a tributary of the Aragón river, in the Garcipollera, at a short distance from the riverbed of the aforementioned river. The name Garcipollera originates from having been known as ''vallis Cepollaria'' in Roman times, which in Spanish translates as ''onion valley''. The only remaining buildings are the ruins of the Romanesque church of San Juan Bautista. On the river bank, ther ...
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Yesa Reservoir
The Yesa Reservoir is located in the Pyrenees, and is formed with the damming of the Aragon River, in the Navarre town of Yesa (Spain), although the largest area of the reservoir is located in the province of Zaragoza, extending from east to west. It is located to the northwest of the Aragonese province of Zaragoza and to the east of Navarre. Most of it floods lands of the Berdun Canal, in the Aragonese region of Jacetania in the municipalities of Sigüés, Ruesta, Escó, and Tiermas.Madrid Provincial Court (5th Section). Judgment No. 43/2006 of 16 MayARP\2006\328 It is known by the nickname ''Mar de los Pirineos'' (English: sea of the Pyrenees) and is located at the entrance of the aforementioned. It is the largest navigable area of Aragon and it is the source of the Bardenas Canal that transfers water to the Ribera area south of Navarra and irrigates the Bardenas Reales and the Cinco Villas region of Zaragoza. It is also used for water supply and as a power station. It has a ...
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Villanovilla
Villanovilla (in Aragonese ''Villanoviella'') is a Spanish settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. Geography Villanovilla is located in the lower part of the valley of the Ijuez river, a tributary of the Aragon river, in the Garcipollera. History Unlike other towns in the valley, its urban center was reserved in property by its residents, when the State Forestry Patrimony acquired the land in the valley for reforestation. After years of depopulation, Villanovilla managed to save itself from abandonment, thanks to the rehabilitation of its houses. Demographics Settlement Demographic data of Villanovilla since 1900: Former municipality Demographic data of the municipality of Villanovilla since 1842:
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Larrosa
Larrosa is an unpopulated settlement and a former municipality of Spain, belonging to the present municipality of Jaca, in the comarca of Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. Geography Larrosa is located at the head of the valley of the Ijuez river, a tributary of the Aragon river, in the valley of the Garcipollera, like Acín, Villanovilla, Bescós de Garcipollera and Yosa de Garcipollera. History The houses and fields of the municipality of Larrosa were expropriated in the 1960s, due to the construction of the Yesa Reservoir, in order to use their forests for planting pine trees to prevent the rapid silting of the new reservoir by the sediments carried by the rains. The church dedicated to San Bartolomé has well preserved its Romanesque structure. Demography Locality Demographic data of the town of Larrosa since 1900: * It has not been included in the Nomenclature since 1970. * Data refer to the ''de jure'' population Population typically refers ...
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La Garcipollera
''La Garcipollera'' (in Aragonese and officially ''A Garzipollera''), also known as Garcipollera Valley, is a small area of the Aragonese Pyrenees, within the Jacetania, in the province of Huesca, practically coinciding with the basin of the Ijuez river, a tributary of Aragon. It is characteristic because most of its villages were depopulated during the 20th century. Geography Located in the upper part of the Aragón river near Jaca and before the middle Pyrenean depression or Berdún Canal, in the basin of the Ijuez river and its surroundings, the valley comprises a space delimited by the foothills of the Collarada massif, the Acumuer valley and the Aragón river. Some sources consider it to be part of the ''Aragón valley'', also known as the ''Canfranc valley''. History Ancient and Middle Ages The first sources of the toponym are found in the ''Libro de la Cadena del Concejo de Jaca'', referring to the valley as ''ualle cepollaria'', which would derive to the form ...
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Huesca
Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almost a quarter of the total population of the province. The city is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Spain. Huesca celebrates its main festival, the ''Fiestas de San Lorenzo'', in honor of Saint Lawrence, from the 9th to the 15th of August. History Huesca dates from pre-Roman times, and was once known as Bolskan in the ancient Iberian language. It was once the capital of the Vescetani, in the north of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the road from Tarraco (modern Tarragona) and Ilerda (modern Lleida) to Caesaraugusta (modern Zaragoza). During Roman times, the city was known as Osca, and was a Roman colony under the rule of Quintus Sertorius, who made Osca his base. The city minted its own coinage and was the site of a prestigious ...
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Bescós De Garcipollera
''Bescós de Garcipollera'' or ''Bescós de la Garcipollera'' is a Spanish settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is located in the valley of the Garcipollera. Geography It is located in the lower part of the valley of the Ijuez river, in the valley of the Garcipollera. Etymology For Manuel Benito Moliner, from the '' Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses'', there are four possible etymologies or explanations for the origin of the toponym: firstly, it could be an anthroponym, that is, a toponym derived from a name or anthroponym, which in this case would be that of the holder of the estate or ''fundus'', a ''Viscus'' in Latin; the second possibility would be to relate it to the word forest (''bosque''); the third, to derive it from ''osca'', in the sense of ''land put under cultivation'' (which could fit with the late cultivation of the Garcipollera on the land of Bescós). History It is estimated that it was ...
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Romanesque Church Of San Juan Bautista
Romanesque may refer to: In art and architecture *First Romanesque, or Lombard Romanesque architectural style *Pre-Romanesque art and architecture, a term used for the early phase of the style *Romanesque architecture, architecture of Europe which emerged in the late 10th century and lasted to the 13th century **Romanesque secular and domestic architecture **Brick Romanesque, North Germany and Baltic **Norman architecture, the traditional term for the style in English **Spanish Romanesque **Romanesque architecture in France *Romanesque art, the art of Western Europe from approximately AD 1000 to the 13th century or later *Romanesque Revival architecture, an architectural style which started in the mid-19th century, inspired by the original Romanesque architecture **Richardsonian Romanesque, a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named for an American architect Other uses * ''Romanesque'' (EP), EP by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick * "Romanesque" (song), a 2007 single by J ...
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Instituto Nacional De Estadística (España)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística may refer to: * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about Spanish society * National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia, a branch of the Government of Bolivia which collects factual data *National Statistics Institute (Chile), a state-run organization of the Government of Chile which publishes official demographic statistics *Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Honduras) *, an institute in Uruguay See also *National Institute of Statistics (other) *National Institute of Statistics and Census (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other), in various lusophone countries *National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordin ...
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Temple Of San Juan Bautista
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples are called Mandir), Buddhism, Sikhism (whose temples are called gurudwara), Jainism (whose temples are sometimes called derasar), Islam (whose temples are called mosques), Judaism (whose temples are called synagogues), Zoroastrianism (whose temples are sometimes called Agiary), the Baha'i Faith (which are often simply referred to as Baha'i House of Worship), Taoism (which are sometimes called Daoguan), Shinto (which are sometimes called Jinja), Confucianism (which are sometimes called the Temple of Confucius), and ancient religions such as the Ancient Egyptian religion and the Ancient Greek religion. The form and function of temples are thus very variable, though they are often considered by believers to be, in some sense, the "house ...
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Boletín Oficial Del Estado
The ''Boletín Oficial del Estado'' (''BOE''; " en, Official State Gazette, label=none", from 1661 to 1936 known as the ''Gaceta de Madrid'', " en, Madrid Gazette, label=none") is the official gazette of the Kingdom of Spain and may be published on any day of the week. The content of the ''BOE'' is authorized and published by Royal Assent and with approval from the Spanish Presidency Office. The ''BOE'' publishes decrees by the Cortes Generales, Spain's Parliament (comprising the Senate and the Congress of Deputies) as well as those orders enacted by the Spanish Autonomous Communities. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 provides in Article 9.3 that "The Constitution guarantees ... the publication of laws." This includes the official publishing of all Spanish judicial, royal and national governmental decrees, as well as any orders by the Council of Ministers. According to Royal Decree 181/2008 of 8 February, the ''BOE'' is the official journal of the Kingdom of Spain, providing t ...
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Abandoned Village
An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, famine, war, climate change, economic depressions, environmental destruction, or deliberate clearances. Armenia and Azerbaijan Hundreds of villages in Nagorno-Karabakh were deserted following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Between 1988 and 1993, 400,000 ethnic Azeris, and Kurds fled the area and nearly 200 villages in Armenia itself populated by Azeris and Kurds were abandoned by 1991. Likewise nearly 300,000 Armenians fled from Azerbaijan between 1988 and 1993, including 50 villages populated by Armenians in Northern Nagorno Karabakh that were abandoned. Some of the Armenian settlements and churches outside Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have either been destroyed or damaged including those in Nakhichevan. Australia In ...
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