Escó, or in local Aragonese Esco, is an almost deserted village in the region of

Jacetania La Jacetania (; ) 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 town of the comarca. The area is fa ...

, province of

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

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, located next to the

Yesa Reservoir The Yesa Reservoir is located in the Pyrenees, and is formed with the damming of the Aragon River, in the Navarre town of Yesa (Spain), although the largest area of the reservoir is located in the province of Zaragoza, extending from east to west ...

. Esco, along with

Sigüés Sigüés is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population infor ...

Ruesta Ruesta is a former Human settlement, settlement in the province of Zaragoza, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon (Spain), today belonging to the municipality of Urriés, in the region of Cinco Villas, Aragon, Cin ...

, and

Tiermas Tiermas is an uninhabited settlement in the province of Zaragoza, in Aragon (Spain), belonging to the municipality of Sigüés in the comarca de Jacetania. It is on the banks of the Aragón river next to the Yesa Reservoir that partly floods it. ...

were largely abandoned in 1960 with the creation of the

Yesa Yesa (Basque language, Basque: ''Esa'') is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, in Northern Spain. References External links YESA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñam ...

Dam, flooding much of the surrounding farmland.

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Former populated places in Spain Populated places in the Province of Zaragoza {{Zaragoza-geo-stub