Ribagorza (comarca)

Ribagorza (Spanish: [riβaˈɣoɾθa]) or Ribagorça (Catalan: [riβəˈɣoɾsə]; French: Ribagorce) is a comarca (county) in Aragon, Spain, situated in the north-east of the province of Huesca. It borders the French département of the Haute-Garonne to the north and Catalonia (the comarques of Val d'Aran, Alta Ribagorça, Pallars Jussà, and Noguera) to the east. Within Aragon its neighboring counties are Sobrarbe, Somontano de Barbastro, and La Litera. It roughly corresponds to the Aragonese part of the medieval County of Ribagorza. The administrative capital of Ribagorza is Graus, although the historical capital of the county was at Benabarre.

For other uses, see Ribagorça (disambiguation).
Ribagorza/Ribagorça
Comarca
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceHuesca
Capital cityGraus
Municipalities
List
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Area
 • Total2,459.8 km2 (949.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total12,811
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Demonym(s)ribagorzano, -a
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
The Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees, is located in this comarca

The Ribagorçan dialect is a transitional Aragonese–Catalan dialect spoken in the western part of the county. Municipalities in the eastern part, bordering Catalonia, are part of La Franja, a geolinguistic area, where the local language is a variety of Catalan. However, Aragonese and Catalan form a dialect continuum here and the geographical limit of both languages cannot be drawn in a clear-cut manner.[1]

Municipalities

The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets.

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References
  1. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

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