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Vielha
Vielha e Mijaran () is a municipality in central Aran, Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest municipality of the region, with a population of . It is part of the terçons of Castièro and Marcatosa. It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac as ''Viella – Mitg-Aran'': some of the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" (''entitats municipals descentralitzades'', EMD),''Entitats municipals descentralitzades'' are governed by the ''Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya'' (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). They correspond to ''entidades locales menores'' in the rest of Spain (known as ''entitats locals menors'' in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands). as does the village of Betren. ''Mijaran'' literally means "Middle Aran" in Aranese, as the inhabited part of the municipality is situated in the valley of the Garonne (''Garona''). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terçon
The terçons (Aranese dialect, Aranese Occitan language, Occitan: ''terçon''; Catalan language, Catalan: ''terçó'') form the geographical subdivision of the Val d'Aran, Aran Valley, in Catalonia. It was in use from the granting of the Querimonia, in 1313, until its abolition in 1833 with the 1833 territorial division of Spain, Spanish provincial division. It was then traditionally maintained in common use as an identity element until its restoration in 1990 as a constituency for the Conselh Generau d'Aran, General Council of Aran. History Initially there were three terçons, hence the name (English: "thirds"), under the names of Garós, Garòs, Vielha e Mijaran, Vielha and Bossòst. These corresponded to the three geographical areas of the valley: Naut Aran (upper Aran), Mijaran (central Aran) and Baish Aran (lower Aran). In the 16th century each terçon was subdivided into two ''sesterçons'', which continued to be commonly called ''terçons'': * Garós, Garòs: Arties (toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val D'Aran
Aran (; ; ) (often known as the Aran Valley, or Val d'Aran in Aranese Occitan; in other forms of Occitan: ''Vath d'Aran'' or ''Vau d'Aran'', in Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', in Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an autonomous administrative entity (formerly considered a comarca) in northwest Catalonia, Spain, consisting of in area, located in the Pyrenees mountains, in the Alt Pirineu i Aran region and in the province of Lleida. The capital is Vielha e Mijaran. This valley constitutes the only contiguous part of Catalonia located on the northern side of the Pyrenees. Hence, this valley holds the only Catalan rivers to flow into the Atlantic Ocean (for the same reason, the region is characterized by an Atlantic climate, instead of a Mediterranean one). The Garonne river flows through Aran from its source on the Pla de Beret (Beret Flat) near the Port de la Bonaigua. It is joined by the Joèu river (from the slopes of Aneto mountain) which passes underground at the '' Forau d'Aiguallu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vielha Tunnel
The Vielha tunnel (Aranese: , Catalan and ) is a road tunnel in Spain, connecting Vielha, the capital of the Aran valley, with the Alta Ribagorça comarca. It is part of the N-230 road and consists of two parallel tunnels. The older one, named Alfonso XIII Tunnel in honour of Spanish king Alfonso XIII, was opened in 1948 and became the longest road tunnel in the world, with a length of 5240 metres, until 1964, when the Great St Bernard Tunnel was inaugurated. The new tunnel, named Juan Carlos I Tunnel in honour of the Spanish king Juan Carlos I, is long and was opened in 2007 with two lanes heading southbound and one lane northbound. The old tunnel is nowadays used as an emergency exit and since July 2011, also as a lane used by trucks which carry flammable or other types of hazardous loads. History Before the 20th century, the Aran valley was not easily accessible from the rest of Spain, especially during the winter snow season, when the Vielha mountain pass, at a height ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aranese Language
Aranese () is a standardized form of the Pyrenean Gascon variety of the Occitan language spoken in the Val d'Aran, in northwestern Catalonia close to the Spanish border with France, where it is one of the three official languages beside Catalan and Spanish. In 2010, it was declared the third official language in Catalonia by the Parliament of Catalonia. The official names of towns in Val d'Aran are in Occitan; for example, the municipality of '' Vielha'' is known by its Occitan name on maps and road signs, rather than its Catalan/Spanish name, ''Viella''. Official status The Aran Valley is the only territory in the language domain of Occitania where Occitan has official recognition and institutional protection. According to Law 35/2010 passed by the Parliament of Catalonia, Occitan is considered an official language not only in Val d'Aran, but in all of Catalonia, and is given precedence in the territory where it is spoken (Val d'Aran). Article 3.4 of Catalonia's 1979 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four Provinces of Spain, provinces or eight Vegueries of Catalonia, ''vegueries'' (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques''. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populous Municipalities in Spain, municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan areas in Europe, urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-230
The N-230 connects Lleida to Vielha, the Vall d'Aran and France. It passes through Benabarre, the Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana and the Vielha tunnel (5.240m). The road is to be up-graded to the Autovía A-14. See also *Autovía A-138 The A-138 is a road belonging to the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomic road network of Aragon, Spain. It connects France at the Tunnel of Bielsa-Aragnouet with Barbastro and the N-240 (Road), N-240. External linksCarretera A-138 in Goo ... {{coord, 42, 37, 35, N, 0, 45, 47, E, type:landmark_source:kolossus-cawiki, display=title Roads in Catalonia Transport in Aragon National roads in Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noguera Ribagorçana
The Noguera Ribagorzana () or Noguera Ribagorçana () is a river in northern Spain.Dorothy Noyes ''Fire in the Placa: Catalan Festival Politics After Franco'' 2003 p. ix "Catalonia proper — a triangle with the Pyrenees as one side, the Mediterranean as another, the Noguera Ribagorçana and Ebre rivers approximately marking the third, and Barcelona, the capital, in the middle — is now an autonomous region " For much of its course of 130 km it forms the administrative boundary between Catalonia and Aragon. Its source is in the municipality of Vielha e Mijaran (Aran Valley) at an elevation of about 2400 m, and its upper valley forms the main access route to the Aran Valley (N-230 road and the Vielha tunnel (5230 m long) under the Water divide, watershed). It passes through the traditional county of Ribagorza and the town of Pont de Suert (Alta Ribagorça). Dams form two large reservoir (water), reservoirs, the Escales below Pont de Suert and the Canelles abov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garonne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ; or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a length of , of which is in Spain (Val d'Aran);Le bassin versant de la Garonne Syndicat Mixte d'Études & d'Aménagement de la Garonne the total length extends to if one includes the Gironde estuary between the river and the sea. Its basin area is , which increases to if the Dordogne (river), Dordogne River, which flows from the east and joins the Garonne at Bec d'Ambès to form the Gironde estuary, is included. Umayyad and Duchy of Aquitaine , Aquitanian forces fought the Battle of the River Garonne in 732 beside the river near present-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conselh Generau D'Aran
The General Council of Aran (Aranese: ''Conselh Generau d'Aran'') is the autonomous governing body of the territory of the Aran Valley in Catalonia. The chamber is headed by the Sindic d'Aran. Composition The General Council of Aran is composed by 13 members elected every four years, concurrently with local elections Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria .... Aran is divided into six electoral districts ( terçons): Results of the elections to the Conselh Generau d'Aran Síndic d'Aran The Síndic d'Aran () is the head of the autonomous governing body and leads the General Council. He or she is also the ex officio chairman of all the under the authority of the council. List of syndics References External links Official website Val d'Aran Politics of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipalities have merged as a result of rural depopulation or simply for greater efficiency. Some large urban areas, for example Barcelona, consist of more than one municipality, each of which previously held a separate settlement. The Catalan government encourages mergers of very small municipalities; its "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the ""), published in 2000 but not yet implemented, recommends many such mergers. Larger municipalities may sometimes grant the status of ''minor local entity, decentralised municipal entity'' (, ) to one or more of its settlements, for more effective provision of services or to substitute for its previous status as a separate municipality. Each m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comarques Of Catalonia
The comarques of Catalonia (singular ''comarca'', , ), often referred to in English as counties, are an Subdivisions of Catalonia, administrative division of Catalonia. Each comarca comprises a number of municipalities of Catalonia, municipalities, roughly equivalent to a Counties of the United States, county in the United States. Currently, Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and Val d'Aran, Aran, considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca. Each comarca has a representative comarcal council, county council (), except for Barcelonès, which abolished it in 2019, and Aran, which instead has the Conselh Generau d'Aran. Comarques form the second-level administrative division within Catalonia, being a subdivision of Vegueries of Catalonia, vegueries (or Provinces of Spain, provinces at state level). Comarques of Catalonia Overview Although today the comarques are officially defined under a Catalan parliamentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Lleida
The Province of Lleida (; ; ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in northeastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the country of France and the principality of Andorra. It is often popularly referred to as Ponent (i.e. the West). Of the population of 414,015 (2007), about 30% live in the capital, Lleida. Some other towns in the province of Lleida are La Seu d'Urgell (the archbishop of which is also the co-prince of Andorra), Mollerussa, Cervera, Tàrrega, and Balaguer. There are 231 municipalities in Lleida. Located in the Pyrenees, the Aran Valley is a special comarca with greater autonomy and with Aranese, a variety of Occitan, as its official language. The Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park is located in this province. The province enjoys a thriving fruit-growing industry, including pears and peac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
