La Jacetania (; ) is a

comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...

in northern

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

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. It is located in the northwestern corner of the

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, 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 Huesca (province), ...

and

Zaragoza Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the ...

provinces. The administrative capital is

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca (province), Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón (river), ...

, with 13,374 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca. The area is famous for its

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area–a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North Am ...

s. Jacetania borders with

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in the north and with

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

in the west. Most of its territory is mountainous, with the ranges of the

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and Pre-Pyrenees covering most of its area. The name of the comarca originates in the ancient Iberian tribe of the Iacetani (). This comarca was the birthplace of the historic

County of Aragon The County of Aragon () or County of Jaca () was a small Franks, Frankish Marches, marcher county in the central Pyrenees, Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, Aragón, Spain, Echo, and Canfranc and centered on the small to ...

Municipal terms

The traditional names of the towns, when different from the official name, are in brackets. * Aísa ** Candanchú ** Esposa ** Sinués *

Ansó Ansó is a town and municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating populati ...

* Aragüés del Puerto (Aragüés de lo Puerto) * Artieda * Ascara * Bailo * Borau * Canal de Berdún (A Canal de Berdún) * Canfranc ** Canfranc Estación * Castiello de Jaca (Castiello de Chaca) ** Aratorés * Fago *

(Chaca) * Jasa (Chasa) * Mianos (Mians) * Puente la Reina de Jaca (Puent d'a Reina de Chaca) * Salvatierra de Esca (Salvatierra d'Esca) * Santa Cilia * Santa Cruz de la Serós (Santa Cruz d'as Serors) * Sigüés * Valle de Hecho (Val d'Echo) * Villanúa (Villanuga)

References

Official Map

Comarcas of Aragon Geography of the Province of Huesca Comarcas of the Province of Zaragoza Pyrenees {{huesca-geo-stub

Municipal terms

See also

References