Ansó

Anso is a Spanish municipality in the province of Huesca at the north- western part of the autonomous community of Aragon in the comarca Jacetania. It lies in the valley of the current flowing from north to south in the western Rio Veral Aragonese Pyrenees, bordering France and Navarre. The municipality includes the town Zuriza, while the westernmost small Fago still forms a separate municipality. Located in the valley of the Rio Veral below Anso, now uninhabited town of Santa Lucía already belongs to the municipality of Valle de Hecho.

Geography

The long valley of Anso opens to the south across the ravine Foz de Biniés to the valley of Aragón. It stands on a mountain road with the west adjacent Roncal Valley in Navarre and on another pass, with Hecho in the municipality of Valle de Hecho in the valley of Aragón Subordan in the East in connection. The highest mountain in the municipality is the Peña Forca ( 2391 m).

History

The place was equipped in 1272 with various royal privileges. 1375, there was an arbitration award over grazing rights zwisches neighboring areas of Béarn and Navarre, to an existing to this day delivery of three cows ( Tributo de las Tres Vacas ) led the Béarnesen.

Economy

Historically, the livestock was prevalent in the form of transhumance. The agriculture is affected by the altitude of the location. In Anso earlier, the wood processing had meaning.

Labor migration ( " emigración golondrina " ) led workers in the manufacture of espadrilles by Mauléon- Licharre in France.

Tourism has gained importance in recent years. In the extreme north- west of the municipality are the cross-country ski slopes of linza.

Linguistic situation

In the community, in addition to Spanish ( castellano ) the Ansotano, a variant of the Aragonese language spoken.

Demographics

Attractions

  • The special architecture of the village with narrow, " arteas " said passageways between the houses.
  • The parish church of San Pedro, a Gothic fortification from the 16th century with a baroque altar and an organ built in France in the 18th century and an ethnological museum.
  • A medieval tower in which the queen Blanche II should have been held.

Community partnership

France France Borce

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