Huesca (esp)

Huesca

Huesca ranks 1,985th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pereira, Colombia, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, and Mytilene. Memorable people born in Huesca include Vincent of Saragossa, Peter II of Aragon, and Carlos Saura. Memorable people who died in Huesca include Violant of Hungary, Sancho Ramírez, and Ramiro II of Aragon. Huesca has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Huesca is located in Spain.

Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009, it had a population of 52,059, almost a quarter of the total population of the province. The city is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia