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Bajo Aragón (; ; ), or Lower Aragon, is an administrative comarca in eastern central 
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.
Aragon
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, Spain
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. 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.
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
The name ''Bajo Aragón'', Lower Aragon, was already used before 1999 for a much larger area, ahistorical region
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now sometimes called ''Bajo Aragón histórico'' in order to differentiate it from the present-day administrative comarca.
Municipalities
The 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) * ValdealgorfaSee also
* Lower Aragon * Matarranya historical comarca * Comarcas of Aragon * La FranjaReferences
*This article includes content from the Spanish Wikipedia article :es:Bajo Aragón. Comarcas of Aragon Geography of the Province of Teruel {{Teruel-geo-stub