Puente la Reina de Jaca

This article is about the town in Aragon. For the town in Navarre in northern Spain, see Puente La Reina – Gares.
Puente la Reina de Jaca (Spanish)
Puen d'a Reina de Chaca (Aragonese)
municipality
The 14th century bridge in Puente la Reina de Jaca
The 14th century bridge in Puente la Reina de Jaca
Map
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAragon
ProvinceHuesca
MunicipalityPuente la Reina de Jaca
Area
 • Total47 km2 (18 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total260
 • Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Puente la Reina de Jaca (in Aragonese: Puen d'a Reina de Chaca[2]) is a municipality located in Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 218 inhabitants.

Puente la Reina de Jaca is situated on the bank of the river Aragón next to a bridge which gave it its name.

This region was reconquered in 833 by Galindo Aznárez I[3] who was related to the French Carolingian court.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Consello Asesor de l'Aragonés, toponyms on the comarca of a Chazetania
  3. ^ Gitlitz & Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, 2000, St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-25416-4