Morrano
{{Infobox settlement |
name = Morrano |
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subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Community |
subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Aragon}} |
subdivision_type2 = Province |
subdivision_name2 = 20px Huesca |
subdivision_type3 = Comarcas of Aragon |
subdivision_name3 = Somontano de Barbastro |
subdivision_type4 = Municipality |
subdivision_name4 = Bierge |
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elevation_m = 640 |
population_as_of = 2010 |
population_total = 46 |
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population_demonym = Morranense, falconero
timezone = CET |
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postal_code_type = Postcode |
postal_code = 22141 |
website = [http://www.bierge.es/ City hall of Bierge]
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Morrano is a village in the municipality of Bierge, in the northwest comarca of Somontano de Barbastro in province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 46 inhabitants.
Geography
Morrano is in pre-Pyrenees, 640 meters high. The Alcandre River and a pine forest border the village.
The municipal is also home to the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park.
The vegetation mostly consists of olive, the almond, the juniper and holm oak.
History
Monuments
- Parish Church dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle, has romanesque art origin but with several reforms in the 17th and 18th century.
- City hall (year 1733)
- Future museum dedicated to birds.[http://www.rondasomontano.com/revista/60830/ Morrano have a museum dedicated to the photographic work of naturalist David Gomez Samitier ]{{in lang|es}}
- Hermitage of San Martín
- The egg of Morrano or the "Peña Falconera", is a geological formation.
Demographics
{{Demography
|1877=416
|1900=358
|1950=228
|1981=96
|2001=51
|2004=48
|2006=48
|2008=47
|2010=46}}
Sport
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://articulos.altoaragon.org/i_osca171.htm Morrano's Description] Literary Articles AltoAragón
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