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Arén

Arén
Areny de Noguera (Ribagorçan)
Arén de Noguera (Aragonese)
Arén (Spanish)
Arén is located in Aragon
Arén
Arén
Location of Arén/Areny de Noguera within Aragon
Arén is located in Spain
Arén
Arén
Location of Arén/Areny de Noguera within Spain
Coordinates: 42°16′N 0°44′E / 42.267°N 0.733°E / 42.267; 0.733
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragón
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaRibagorza
Judicial districtBarbastro
Government
 • AlcaldeMaria Asunción Codina Marcet (PSOE)
Area
 • Total
119 km2 (46 sq mi)
Elevation
709 m (2,326 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[1]
 • Total
309
 • Density2.60/km2 (6.73/sq mi)
DemonymArenense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22583
WebsiteOfficial website

Arén (Spanish: [aˈɾen]), in Catalan: Areny de Noguera[2] (Catalan: [aˈɾeɲ de noˈɣeɾɛ]), or in Aragonese: Arén de Noguera, is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 318 inhabitants.

Villages

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These include uninhabited villages:

  • Former Arén municipality: Arén, Campamento de Arén, Sobrecastell, Berganuy, Claraválls, Puifel and Soliva.
  • Former Cornudella de Baliera municipality (merged in 1965): Rivera de Vall, San Martín, El Sas, Casa Consistorial, Puimolar, L'Hostalet, Vilaplana, Soperún, Iscles, Suerri and Tresserra.
  • Former Betesa municipality (merged in 1966): Betesa, Santa Eulalia, Los Molinos and Obís.

Trivia

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The fossil genera Arenysuchus (a crocodylomorph) and Arenysaurus (a hadrosaurid dinosaur) were named after the municipality.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ↑ As shown in the Legislative Decree 2/2006 Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved.
  3. ↑ Puértolas, E.; Canudo, J.I.; Cruzado-Caballero, P. (2011). Farke, Andrew A. (ed.). "A New Crocodylian from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the Initial Radiation of Crocodyloids". PLoS ONE. 6 (6) e20011. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620011P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020011. PMC 3110596. PMID 21687705.
  4. ↑ Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; José Ignacio Canudo; Penélope Cruzado-Caballero; José Luis Barco; Nieves López-Martínez; Oriol Oms; José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca (2009). "The last hadrosaurid dinosaurs of Europe: A new lambeosaurine from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Aren (Huesca, Spain)" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Palevol. 8 (6): 559–572. Bibcode:2009CRPal...8..559P. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2009.05.002.
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