Ribagorza () or Ribagorça (; french: Ribagorce) is a ''

comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) 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, ...

'' (county) in

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

, situated in the north-east of the

province of Huesca Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-Ga ...

. It borders the French ''département'' of the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

to the north and

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

(the ''comarques'' of

Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called in Occitan Val d'Aran, Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an administrative entity (formerly considered a comarca) in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in ar ...

Alta Ribagorça Alta Ribagorça () is one of the comarques of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Pont de Suert. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 metres above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the western part of the Aigü ...

Pallars Jussà Pallars Jussà () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. It was established as a ''comarca'' in 1936, out of the old county of Pallars. The name means "Lower Pallars"; to the northeast and into the mountains is Pallars Sobirà. Its capital a ...

, and Noguera) to the east. Within Aragon its neighboring counties are

Sobrarbe Sobrarbe is one of the comarcas of Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northern part of the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. Many of its people speak the Aragonese language locally known as ''fabla''. The ...

Somontano de Barbastro Somontano de Barbastro ( Aragonese: ''Semontano de Balbastro)'' is a comarca in Province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Somontano borders the counties of Sobrarbe and Alto Gállego to the north, Ribagorza and La Litera to the east, Cinca Medio to t ...

, and

La Litera La Litera () or La Llitera () ( an, A Litera) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca. Its cultural capital is Tamarite de Litera, its administrative capital is Binefar and it borders the comarques of Ribagorza, Somo ...

. It roughly corresponds to the Aragonese part of the medieval

County of Ribagorza The County of Ribagorza or Ribagorça ( an, Condato de Ribagorza, ca, Comtat de Ribagorça, la, Comitatus Ripacurtiae) was a medieval county on the southern side of the Pyrenees, including the northeast of modern Aragón and part of the northwes ...

. The administrative capital of Ribagorza is

Graus Graus (, ) is a village in the Spanish province of Huesca, located in the Pyrenees at the confluence of rivers Esera and Isabena. It is the administrative capital of the region. It is one of the areas of Aragon in which is still preserved the A ...

, although the historical capital of the county was at

Benabarre Benabarre (), in Ribagorçan and Aragonese: Benavarri () is a town and municipality in the Aragonese comarca of Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, Spain. Benabarre is the historical and cultural capital of the comarca. It is part of the geo ...

. The

Ribagorçan dialect Ribagorçan (autonym: ''ribagorsano'' or ''ribagorzano'') ; ca, label= Standard Catalan, ribagorçà is a number of Romance dialects spoken in the modern territories of the medieval County of Ribagorza, in northern Spain. The area corresponds ...

is a transitional Aragonese–

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dialect spoken in the western part of the county. Municipalities in the eastern part, bordering Catalonia, are part of

La Franja La Franja (; "The Strip"; an, Francha ) is the area of Catalan-speaking territories of eastern Aragon bordering Catalonia, in Spain. It literally means ''"the strip"'' and can also more properly be called (Aragonese Strip), (Western Strip) or ...

, a geolinguistic area, where the local language is a variety of Catalan. However, Aragonese and Catalan form a

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here and the geographical limit of both languages cannot be drawn in a clear-cut manner.Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
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Municipalities

The

version of the names of the towns are in brackets. *

Arén Arén (), in Catalan: Areny de NogueraAs shown in thLegislative Decree 2/2006 of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved. (), or in Aragonese: Arén de Noguera, is a ...

(Areny de Noguera) *

(Benavarri) *

Benasque Benasque (; in Benasquese dialect: ''Benás''; an, Benás) () is a town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, (Spain). It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the Pyrenees and surrounded by the highest p ...

(Benasc) * Beranuy * Bisaurri (Bissaürri) * Bonansa * Campo *

Capella Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest star i ...

* Castejón de Sos (Castilló de Sos) * Castigaleu * Chía (Gia) *

Estopiñán del Castillo Estopiñán del Castillo (), in Ribagorçan: EstopanyàAs shown i ...

(Estopanyà) * Foradada del Toscar *

Isábena Isábena (), in ca, label=Catalan, Isàvena, italics=no (), or in an, Isabana, italics=no, is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 278 inhabit ...

(Isàvena) * Lascuarre (Lasquarri) * Laspaúles (Les Paüls) * Monesma y Cajigar (Monesma i Queixigar) *

Montanuy Montanuy (), in Ribagorçan dialect, Ribagorçan Catalan and Aragonese language, Aragonese: MontanuiAs shown in thLegislative Decree 2/2006 of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Arag ...

(Montanui) * Perarrúa (Perarrua) *

La Puebla de Castro La Puebla de Castro () is a municipality located in the Huesca (province), province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 372 inhabitants. Re ...

(La Pobla del Castre) * Puente de Montañana (El Pont de Montanyana) *

Sahún Sahún (), in Benasquese: Saún, in Aragonese: Saúnc, in Catalan: Saünc (), is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nu ...

(Saünc) * Santaliestra y San Quílez (Santa Llestra i Sant Quilis) * Secastilla (Secastella) * Seira *

Sesué Sesué () () is a municipality located in the Huesca (province), province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 130 inhabitants. References

(Sessué) * Sopeira *

Tolva Tolva (), in Catalan: Tolba () is a town and municipality in the province of Huesca, in Aragon, Spain. It is located 696 metres above sea level in the north-eastern part of Huesca, in the comarca of Ribagorza. The municipality is composed of sev ...

(Tolba) * Torre la Ribera (Tor-la-ribera) * Valle de Bardají (La Vall de Bardaixí) *

Valle de Lierp Valle de Lierp (), in Ribagorçan and Aragonese: Val de Lierp, is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, in Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entso ...

(La Vall de Lierp) * Viacamp y Litera (Viacamp i Lliterà) * Villanova (Vilanova d'Éssera)

References

External links

Ribagorza, Comarca's site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ribagorza Ribagorca Comarcas of Aragon Geography of the Province of Huesca La Franja Pyrenees