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Villanovilla (in Aragonese ''Villanoviella'') is a Spanish
settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...
belonging to the municipality of
Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ea ...
, in the
Jacetania La Jacetania ( an, A Chacetania; french: Jacétanie) is a comarca in northern Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Huesca and Zaragoza provinces. The administrative capital is Jaca, with 13,374 inhabitants the largest ...
, province of Huesca,
Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
.


Geography

Villanovilla is located in the lower part of the valley of the Ijuez river, a
tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Aragon river Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sout ...
, 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:Alterations of the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842. INE - National Institute of Statistics of Spain.
(in Spain) * Between the 1857 Census and the previous one, the municipality grew because it incorporated
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 expropriat ...
and
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 Ij ...
. * Between the 1877 Census and the previous one, this municipality disappeared because it changed its name and appeared as the municipality of
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 expropriat ...
. * Data refer to the ''de jure'' population, except in the 1857 and 1860 Censuses, which refer to the ''de facto'' population.


See also

*
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 Ij ...
*
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 expropriat ...
*
Yosa de Garcipollera Yosa de Garcipollera is an abandoned town belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the province of Huesca, in Spain. It is part of the Garcipollera Valley, in the region of Jacetania, in the autonomous community of Aragon. History This vil ...
*
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 Ij ...


References


External links


Villanovilla
in the website of the City Council of Jaca {{coord, 42, 37, 05, N, 0, 29, 15, W, display=title, region:ES_type:city Huesca Aragon Populated places in Spain