Bajo Aragón (Spanish: [ˈbaxo aɾaˈɣon]; Aragonese: Baxo Aragón; Catalan: Baix Aragó), or Lower Aragon, is an administrative comarca in eastern central Aragon, Spain. It was first established in 1999. It has a population of 29,358 (2007) and an area of 1.304,2 km2. The seat of the comarca is in Alcañiz. It is located in Teruel Province, in the transitional area between the Iberian System and the Ebro Valley.
Bajo Aragón
Lower Aragon | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Aragón |
Province | Teruel |
Capital | Alcañiz |
Municipalities | List
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Area | |
• Total | 1,304.2 km2 (503.6 sq mi) |
Population (2008
[1]) | |
• Total | 30,146 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
Demonym | bajoaragonés/a |
Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Largest municipality | Alcañiz |
Website | Official website |
The municipalities of Aguaviva, Belmonte de San José, La Cañada de Verich, La Cerollera, La Codoñera, La Ginebrosa and Torrevelilla belong to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.
Historical region
editThe name Bajo Aragón, Lower Aragon, was already used before 1999 for a much larger area, a historical region now sometimes called Bajo Aragón histórico in order to differentiate it from the present-day administrative comarca.
Municipalities
editThe Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets.
- Aguaviva (Aiguaviva de Bergantes)
- Alcañiz
- Alcorisa
- Belmonte de San José (Bellmunt de Mesquí)
- Berge
- Calanda
- La Cañada de Verich (La Canyada de Beric)
- Castelserás
- La Cerollera (La Sorollera)
- La Codoñera (La Codonyera)
- Foz-Calanda
- La Ginebrosa
- Mas de las Matas
- La Mata de los Olmos
- Los Olmos
- Las Parras de Castellote
- Seno
- Torrecilla de Alcañiz
- Torrevelilla (La Torre de Vilella)
- Valdealgorfa
See also
editReferences
edit- This article includes content from the Spanish Wikipedia article es:Bajo Aragón.
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