Bergosa
Bergosa is an unpopulated settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the region of Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is part of the Garcipollera.
Toponymy
According to Agustín Ubieto, the first mention of the place dates from 948 or 962, in the work of his brother, Antonio Ubieto, Cartulario de San Juan de la Peña II, in Textos Medievales, 6 and documents the variations Bergossa, Bergosi, Bergasa, Uergosa, Uergossa and Bergosa.Geography
In 1966, the place was expropriated, as in the rest of the Garcipollera, in order to carry out an important reforestation of conifers on its slopes as a measure to retain the erosion caused by the construction of the Yesa Reservoir.Demographics
Locality
Demographic data on the town of Bergosa since 1900:- It has not been included in the Nomenclator since 1970.
- Data refer to de jure population.
Former municipality
- In the 1842 census it was called Bergosa y Mesón del Señor.
- Between the 1857 and the previous census, this municipality disappeared because it was integrated into the municipality of Bescós de Garcipollera.
- Data refer to the population by right, except in the 1857 and 1860 Censuses, which refer to the de facto population.
Local holidays
- November 29, San Saturnino.