Bajo Aragón-Caspe () or Baix Aragó-Casp ()
Official name as appears in the establishing law of the comarca (BOA 7/2002 15th april)
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in eastern Aragon
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, bordering the Spanish Autonomous Community
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of Catalonia
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It borders the Aragonese comarques of Matarranya, Monegros
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Los Monegros borders seven comarcas: H ...
, Bajo Cinca, Bajo Martín and Ribera Baja del Ebro, and the Catalan comarques of Terra Alta, Baix Ebre
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, and Ribera d'Ebre
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.
This comarca is named after the town of Caspe
Caspe is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain, seat of the comarca of Bajo Aragón-Caspe. As of 2018 it had a population of 9,525 inhabitants (INE 2018) and its municipality, of 5 ...
, its capital. Its main income is derived from the production of olive oil
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It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods, as a cond ...
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Municipalities
The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets.
*Caspe
Caspe is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain, seat of the comarca of Bajo Aragón-Caspe. As of 2018 it had a population of 9,525 inhabitants (INE 2018) and its municipality, of 5 ...
(Casp)
* Chiprana
*Fayón
Fayón () or Faió () is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 395 inhabitants.
This town is located between the Ebro and the Matarranya rive ...
(Faió)
* Fabara (Favara de Matarranya)
* Maella
* Nonaspe (Nonasp)
See also
*La Franja
La Franja (; "The Strip"; ) 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 (Eastern St ...
* Lower Aragon
References
Comarcas of the Province of Zaragoza
La Franja
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