Bajo Cinca

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Location of Bajo Cinca / Baix Cinca in Aragon and location of the individual communities

Bajo Cinca , in Catalan Baix Cinca , is a comarca ( administrative unit ) of the autonomous region of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the east of Aragon, partly in the provinces of Huesca and Saragossa . It has 22,254 inhabitants on an area of ​​1,420 km². The capital is Fraga , the largest of the eleven associated municipalities (Municipios). The name of the comarca comes from the fact that it is located on the lower reaches of the Cinca River , which flows into the Segre at Mequinenza , a tributary of the Ebro .

Bajo Cinca borders in the west on the Comarca Monegros , in the north on Cinca Medio and La Litera , in the east on the province of Lleida (Comarca Segrià ) and in the south on Bajo Aragón-Caspe . In addition to Fraga, the municipalities of Ballobar , Belver de Cinca , Candasnos , Chalamera , Mequinenza , Ontiñena , Osso de Cinca , Torrente de Cinca , Velilla de Cinca and Zaidín belong to the comarca.

The geography of the comarca is characterized by the contrast between the fertile banks of the Ebro , Cinca and Segre and the dry other soils. In recent years, irrigation management has started in the arid areas, which has changed the landscape. The Serreta Negra is of great ecological importance as it is home to various endemic plant species.

In the cultural heritage of the comarca, the Church of San Pedro (St. Peter's Church) and Villa Fortunatus are particularly noteworthy in Fraga . The latter is the remains of a Roman villa . The Romanesque hermitages of Santa María de Chalamera and San Valero de Velilla and the Romanesque churches in Ballobar and Ontiñena and the castle of Mequinenza are also worth mentioning.

The sons of the comarca include the writers Ramón J. Sender and Jesús Moncada .

The comarca is bilingual . The majority of the population of the municipalities Fraga , Mequinenza , Torrente de Cinca , Velilla de Cinca and Zaidín speak Catalan and belong to the Franja de Aragón , the Catalan-speaking areas of Aragon, which form the western border of the Catalan-speaking area. The inhabitants of Ballobar , Belver de Cinca , Candasnos , Chalamera , Ontiñena and Osso de Cinca, on the other hand, have Spanish ( castellano ) as their mother tongue.

literature

  • Huesca. Guía turística del Altoaragón , Editorial Pirineo, Huesca 2003, ISBN 84-87997-68-6

Web links

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