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Novales, Spain | |
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| Coordinates: 42°01′56″N 0°17′12″W / 42.0322°N 0.2867°W | |
| Country | |
| Autonomous community | |
| Province | Huesca |
| Municipality | Novales |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Vicente Monaj Rivarés (Partido Aragonés) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 464 m (1,522 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 155 |
| • Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Novales is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 191 inhabitants. It is situated on a plain on the right bank of the river Guatizalema, about 16 km Southeast of Huesca.
Novales was first mentioned on 4 December 1097 in reference to Señor "Fortunio Garcez de Balle in Novales" [2]
The following buildings are part of the architectural heritage of Novales: the Castillo de Novales, the church Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario and the hermitage Ermita de San Joaquín.[3]
As of 2016, the mayor has come from the Partido Aragonés over the past 13 years.
| Period | Mayor | Party | |
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| 1979-1983 | Manuel Bescós Otal[4] | Unión de Centro Democrático | |
| 1983-1987 | |||
| 1987-1991 | |||
| 1991-1995 | |||
| 1995-1999 | |||
| 1999-2003 | |||
| 2003-2007 | Luis Manuel Bescós Nerín | Partido Aragonés | |
| 2007-2011 | |||
| 2011-2015 | Vicente Monaj Rivarés[5][6] | ||
| 2015-2019 | |||
Municipal elections[7]
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| Party | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | ||||
| Partido Aragonés | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Ciudadanos | 1 | |||||||
| PSOE de Aragón | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Partido Popular de Aragón | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Chunta Aragonesista | - | |||||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
The concept of the current debt considers debt with savings and banks relative to crediting institutions, fixed-income securities and loans or credit transfers to third parties, excluding commercial debt.
The municipal debt per inhabitant in 2014 was €0 after a peak of €66 in 2008.[8]
The municipality extends over an area of 20 km2,[9] and has 176 inhabitants per the municipal population statistics of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España at a density of 8.76 inhabitants/km2.