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Villanúa

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Also known as Villanua

Villanúa (in Aragonese: Bellanuga) is a Pyrenean municipality in Spain in the north of Huesca province, in la Jacetania, set where the Aragon valley gets wider. Its name refers to the "new village" repopulated in the late 10th century. Villanúa's altitude is 953 m and it covers 58.2 km2. The village is at the bottom of mount Collarada (2886 m) and in 2018 had 447 inhabitants.

Key facts

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Villanúa
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Bellanuga (in Aragonese)
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Bandera de Villanua.png
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Escudo_de_Villanúa-Huesca.svg
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Villanúa casco viejo.JPG
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View of Villanúa
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Spain
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Villanúa
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Map showing Villanúa's location in Spain
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Country
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Spain
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Autonomous community
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Aragon
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Province
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Huesca
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Comarca
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Jacetania
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953

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Villanúa (in Aragonese: Bellanuga) is a Pyrenean municipality in Spain in the north of Huesca province, in la Jacetania, set where the Aragon valley gets wider. Its name refers to the "new village" repopulated in the late 10th century. Villanúa's altitude is 953 m and it covers 58.2 km2. The village is at the bottom of mount Collarada (2886 m) and in 2018 had 447 inhabitants.

It is a tourist locality located between Jaca and the ski stations of Candanchú and Astún and near the French border (12 km. by the Tunnel of Somport).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villanúa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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