Biota, Cinco Villas

Coordinates: 42°15′N 1°10′W / 42.250°N 1.167°W / 42.250; -1.167
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Biota
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Biota is located in Aragon
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Location in Spain.
Biota is located in Spain
Biota
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Biota (Spain)
Biota is located in Europe
Biota
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Biota (Europe)
Coordinates: 42°15′N 1°10′W / 42.250°N 1.167°W / 42.250; -1.167
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceZaragoza
Area
 • Total11.16 km2 (4.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total948
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Biota is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Zaragoza, autonomous community of Aragon. The town is part of the Cinco Villas Region and it is located on the banks of the Arba de Luesia River. It has an area of 128.8 km² with a population of 912 inhabitants.[2]

Geography[edit]

Biota borders Uncastillo to the north and northwest, Sádaba to the west, Luesia and Asín to the east, and Ejea de los Caballeros to the south.

Its municipal area is crossed by the Arba de Luesia River , one of the two branches of the Arba River, although part of the western border with Ejea de los Caballeros is formed by the Farasdués River, a tributary of the Arba de Luesia.

In its municipality is the San Bartolomé reservoir, a small reservoir for storing water from the Bardenas canal.

History[edit]

Biota is located in a strategic place, controlling one of the fords of the Arba River where a fortress or castle was built, of which a defense tower is preserved for its control.

It was conquered by Aragonese king Sancho Ramírez in 1091, and the placename of Biota is thereby first found in a written source in its immediate donation to Fortún Aznárez in September 1091.[3]

In the following centuries Biota remained a non-religious lordship.[4]

Demographics[edit]

Demographic Timeline of Biota[2]
1842 1877 1887 1897 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2001
540 1135 1132 1092 1142 1198 1472 1589 1715 1713 1736 1601 1510 1306 1200 1135

Municipal Administration[edit]

Mayors of Biota
Period Mayor Party
1979-1983 José Lasheras Garcés  ] PSOE
1983-1987
1987-1991 José Lasheras Garcés PSOE
1991-1995 Luis Perez Perez
1995-1999 Juan Carlos Gimenez Abad PP
1999-2003 Victor Orduna Larriqueta PSOE
2003-2007
2007-2011
2011-2015 Mariano Abad Torrero  ] PP
2015-2019 Ezequiel Marco Elorri  ] PSOE

References[edit]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b National Institute of Statistics(INE 2021)
  3. ^ Cortés Valenciano 2013, pp. 59, 71.
  4. ^ Cortés Valenciano, Marcelino (2013). "El topónimo Biota: análisis y reinterpretación". Alazet. Revista de Filología. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses. 25: 59. ISSN 0214-7602.