Labuerda

Labuerda (Spanish)
A Buerda (Aragonese)
Church of San Vicente.

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Labuerda (Spanish)
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°27′5″N 0°8′18″E / 42.45139°N 0.13833°E / 42.45139; 0.13833Coordinates: 42°27′5″N 0°8′18″E / 42.45139°N 0.13833°E / 42.45139; 0.13833
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
Province Huesca
Comarca Sobrarbe
Government
 • Mayor Enrique Campo Sanz
Area
 • Total 18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation 569 m (1,867 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 172
 • Density 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Labuerda (in Aragonese: A Buerda;[1] and officially "Labuerda-A Buerda"[2]) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2009 data from INE, the municipality has a population of 172 inhabitants.

Exconjuratory in San Vicente de Labuerda with the massive Peña Montañesa towering behind it

Villages

  • Labuerda, the main town
  • San Vicente de Labuerda, which includes the municipality's main attraction, the church of San Vicente. The building has a 12th-century Romanesque nucleus, including the nave, presbytery and the semicircular apse. In the 16th century the side chapels, the sacristy and the bell tower were added, and in the 18th century another chapel and a portico.

Twin towns

References

  1. ↑ As shown in the 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.
  2. ↑ (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 March 06, 2010.

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