Biescas Municipality
Biescas is a municipality of northeastern Spain close to the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. The name seems to provide from the term bizka, which means "hill" in a Proto-Indo-European language.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,200 residents
- Description: municipality of Spain
- Also known as: “22059” and “Biescas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biescas town hall and Monasterio de San Pelay (Gavín).
Monasterio de San Pelay (Gavín)
Church
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Monasterio de San Pelay (Gavín) is a church.
Dolmen de Santa Elena
Archaeological site
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Dolmen de Santa Elena is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km north of Biescas Municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gavín and Yésero.
Gavín
Hamlet
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Gavín is a Spanish locality situated in the municipality of Biescas. The locality is at 974 Metres in altitude and is located in the Tena Valley. Its name seems to come from the Latin anthroponym Gapius.
Yésero
Village
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Yésero is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 77 inhabitants. Yésero is situated 6 km east of Biescas Municipality.
Orós Alto
Hamlet
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Orós Alto is a locality situated in the municipality of Biescas. It is located 835 metres above sea level in Alto Gállego, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. In 2019, the locality had a population of 20 inhabitants.
Biescas Municipality
- Categories: municipality of Spain and locality
- Location: Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.6286° or 42° 37′ 43″ northLongitude
-0.3216° or 0° 19′ 18″ westPopulation
1,200Elevation
1,105 metres (3,625 feet)Open location code
8CJXJMHH+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 590750766OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6358305Wikidata ID
Q876742
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Biescas Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيسكاس”
- Aragonese: “Biescas”
- Armenian: “Բիեսկաս”
- Basque: “Biescas”
- Bengali: “বিসকাস”
- Catalan: “Biescas”
- Catalan: “Pelaires”
- Cebuano: “Biescas”
- Chechen: “Бьескас”
- Chinese: “Biescas”
- Chinese: “别斯卡斯”
- Chinese: “毕斯卡斯”
- Chinese: “畢斯卡斯”
- Danish: “Biescas”
- Dimli (individual language): “Biescas”
- Dutch: “Biescas”
- Esperanto: “Biescas”
- French: “Biescas”
- Galician: “Biescas”
- Georgian: “ბიესკასი”
- German: “Biescas”
- Hakka Chinese: “Biescas”
- Hebrew: “ביאסקאס”
- Hungarian: “Biescas”
- Interlingua: “Biescas”
- Interlingue: “Biescas”
- Irish: “Biescas”
- Italian: “Biescas”
- Japanese: “ビエスカス”
- Korean: “비에스카스”
- Ladin: “Biescas”
- Lithuanian: “Bieskasas”
- Lombard: “Biescas”
- Malay: “Biescas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Biescas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Biescas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Biescas”
- Polish: “Biescas”
- Portuguese: “Biescas”
- Russian: “Бьескас”
- Spanish: “Biescas”
- Swedish: “Biescas”
- Tatar: “Бьескас”
- Turkish: “Biescas”
- Ukrainian: “Б’єскас”
- Uzbek: “Biescas”
- Uzbek: “Byeskas”
- Uzbek: “Бескас”
- Uzbek: “Биесcас”
- Venetian: “Biescas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Biescas”
- Yue Chinese: “畢斯卡斯”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza del Ayuntamiento and Información Turística.
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