Sopeira
Encyclopedia
Sopeira is a municipality located in the province of Huesca
, Aragon
, Spain
. According to the 2004 census
(INE
), the municipality has a population of 100 inhabitants.
The restored Romanesque
Abbey of Santa María de Alaón
, a former Benedictine monastery of the 12th century, is located here.
Huesca (province)
Huesca , officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca.Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées...
, Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. According to the 2004 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
(INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....
), the municipality has a population of 100 inhabitants.
The restored Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
Abbey of Santa María de Alaón
Abbey of Santa María de Alaón
The Abbey of Santa María de Alaón is a former Benedictine abbey, earlier a Cluniac priory, in Sopeira near Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain, established in the late 11th or early 12th century and built in the 12th...
, a former Benedictine monastery of the 12th century, is located here.