Arròs () is a village located in the municipality of
Vielha e Mijaran
Vielha e Mijaran () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in central Val d'Aran, Aran, Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest municipality of the region, with a population of . It is part of the Terçon, terçons of Castièro and Mar ...
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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 (form ...
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Description
The village of Arròs, which was part of the old municipality of Arròs i Vila, is 956 m above sea level, on the right bank of the
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 †...
(before its confluence with the river Varradós), on the eastern slopes of the Mariagata mountain. In 1981 it was 66 h. The village, staggered by the slope of the mountain, has the parish church of Santa Eulà lia, a
gothic building from the 14th century, which is later refurbished. An interesting civil building is Casa Ademar (well-known also for Ço deth Senhor), of great proportions, with two towers at the ends of the facade. It was built in 1829 within a
neoclassical style.
References
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Populated places in Val d'Aran