Arén
Areny de Noguera (Ribagorçan)
Arén de Noguera (Aragonese)
Municipality
Arén (Spanish)
Arén is located in Spain
Arén
Arén
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°16′N 0°44′E / 42.267°N 0.733°E / 42.267; 0.733
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragón
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaRibagorza
Judicial districtBarbastro
Government
 • AlcaldeMiguel Gracia Ferrer (PSOE)
Area
 • Total119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Elevation
709 m (2,326 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total318
 • Density2.7/km2 (6.9/sq mi)
DemonymArenense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22583
WebsiteOfficial website

Arén (Spanish: [aˈɾen]), in Catalan: Areny de Noguera[2] (Catalan: [əˈɾɛɲ də nuˈɣeɾə]), or in Aragonese: Arén de Noguera, is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (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, 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

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.


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