Villanovilla

	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 A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ... 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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. Former municipality Demographi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	La Garcipollera ''La Garcipollera'' (in Aragonese language, Aragonese and officially ''A Garzipollera''), also known as Garcipollera Valley, is a small area of the Aragon, 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), 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), 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 valle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]