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Sabiñánigo (Spanish)

Samianigo (Aragonese)

View of Sabiñánigo from Mount Santa Orosia

Flag	Coat of arms

Municipality

Sabiñánigo

Area

• Total

586.82 km² (226.57 sq mi)

Elevation

780 m (2,560 ft)

Population

• Total

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Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Website

www.aytosabinanigo.net

Sabiñánigo (Samianigo in Aragonese) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragón, Spain, capital of the comarca of Alto Gállego. Formerly, the region was called Serrablo, hence the demonym "serrablese". Sabiñánigo is at an altitude of 780 m and lies 52 km from Huesca.

Main Square, Town Hall and Church

It borders to the north the municipalities of Biescas and Yebra de Basa; to the east Fiscal and Boltaña; to the south on Las Peñas de Riglos; to the south-east the Somontano de Barbastro and to the west the municipalities of Caldearenas, Jaca and Villanúa.

Municipality villages
Geography
Demography
Sports, Culture and Tourism
Twin Cities
See also

Municipality villages

Nowadays, what is known as the municipality of Sabiñánigo contains the following villages:

Abellada, Abenilla, Acumuer, Aineto, Alavés, Allué, Arguisal, Arraso, Arruaba, Arto, Artosilla, Aspés, Asqués, Asún, Atós Alto, Atós Bajo, Aurín, Bara, Baranguá, Belarra, Bentué de Nocito, Bolás, Borrés, Campares, Cañardo, Cartirana, Castiello de Guarga, Castillo de Lerés, Ceresola, Fablo, Fenillosa, Gésera, Gillué, Grasa, Hostal de Ipiés, Ibirque, Ibort, Ipiés, Isín, Isún de Basa, Jabarrella, Laguarta, Lanave, Lárrede, Larrés, Lasaosa, Lasieso, Latas, Latrás, Layés, Molino de Escartín, Molino de Villobas, Ordovés, Orna de Gállego, Osán, Pardinilla, El Puente de Sabiñánigo, Rapún, Sabiñánigo Alto, San Esteban de Guarga, San Román de Basa, Sandiás, Santa María de Perula, Sardas, Sasal, Satué, Secorún, Senegüé, Solanilla, Sorripas, Used, Villacampa and Yéspola.

According to the 2004 census (INE), all of them together had a population of 977.

Geography

Sabiñánigo is located between the valleys of the Aurín and Gállego rivers in the north and between the valleys of Basa and Guarga in the south. It covers an area from the Interior Range to the Exterior Range of The Pyrenees.

It has a large variety of ecosystems and landscapes, rich traditional architecture and modern facilities. In the late 1970s the city celebrated the 2000th anniversary of its foundation by the Romans.

Demography

Demographic Evolution
1991	1996	2001	2003	2007	2008
9,056	8,759	8,578	8,797	9,673	10,112

Sports, Culture and Tourism

View of Mount Oturia from Sabiñánigo

Sabiñánigo has always been strongly linked to sport and, especially, to cycling. It is famous for holding "The Quebrantahuesos" ^es, one of the most important amateur cyclist races in the world. It is also a frequent start and finish point of the Vuelta a España.

Sabiñánigo is a great place to go skiing. It is 30 km from the Ski resort of Panticosa, 38 km from Formigal (the largest ski resort in Spain), 44 km from Candanchú, 47 km from Astún and 120 km from Cerler.

Some interesting places to visit are the Museo de Artes de Serrablo ^es, a museum that contains tools, clothes and all kinds of traditional objects of the region; and Pirenarium ^es, a theme park with a great collection of models of the Pyrenees range and the most famous buildings of Aragón.