La Fueva

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La Fueva (Spanish)
Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 42°22′11″N0°16′20″W / 42.36972°N 0.27222°W / 42.36972; -0.27222
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Huesca
Comarca Sobrarbe
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)
Demonym(s) Fuevanos or Fovanos
Time zone UTC+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.

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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.

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References

  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.