Val d'Aran
Occitan-speaking unique territorial entity in Catalonia
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Summary
Val d'Aran is a unique territorial entity[1]. It draws 3,947 Wikipedia views per month (unique territorial entity category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Lleida[3], Alt Pirineu[4]
- Country: Spain[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Garonne[6]
- Head of government: Maria Vergés Pérez[7]
- Instance of: parçan of Occitania[8], Q131689823[9]
- Capital: Vielha[10]
- Official language: Occitan[11], Catalan[12], Spanish[13]
- Shares border with: Pallars Sobirà[14], Alta Ribagorça[15], Ribagorza[16]
- Anthem: Montanhes araneses[17]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arres[18], Bausen[19], Bossòst[20], Canejan[21], Es Bòrdes[22], Les[23], Naut Aran[24], Vielha e Mijaran[25], Vilamòs[26]
- Flag: flag of Val d'Aran[27]
- Legislative body: Conselh[28]
- Coat of arms: escut de la Vall d'Aran[29]
- Part of: Gascony[30]
- Commons category: Val d'Aran[31]
- Public holiday: June 17[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Val d'Aran[33]
- Commons gallery: Val d'Aran[34]
- Population: 9930[35], 9926[36], 9993[37], 10,090[38], 10,056[39], 10,192[40], 10,206[41], 10,295[42], 10,194[43], 9815[44], 9554[45], 9219[46], 8832[47], 8373[48]
- Office held by head of government: Sindic d'Aran[49]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[50], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Val d'Aran include Aranese[53], an Occitan dialects[54], in Spain[55].
Why It Matters
Val d'Aran has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for it include Aranese[53], an Occitan dialects[54], in Spain[55].