Matarraña
Matarraña ( Catalan. Matarranya ) is a comarca ( administrative unit ) of the autonomous region of Aragon in Spain . It is located in the east of the province of Teruel and has 8,682 inhabitants on an area of 933 km². Its capital is Valderrobres , the largest of the comarca's 18 municipalities. The comarca bears the name of the river of the same name that flows through it.
The comarca borders in the west on the comarca Bajo Aragón , in the north on Bajo Aragón-Caspe , in the east on the province of Tarragona (comarques Terra Alta , Baix Ebre and Montsià ) and in the south on the province of Castellón (comarques Baix Maestrat and Els Ports ) . Until 2003, Bajo Aragón and Bajo Aragón-Caspe were parts of Matarraña.
Besides Valderrobres communities include Arens de Lledó , Beceite , Calaceite , Cretas , Fórnoles , La Fresneda , Fuentespalda , Lledó , Mazaleón , Monroyo , Peñarroya de Tastavins , La Portellada , Ráfales , Torre de Arcas , Torre del Compte , Valdeltormo and Valjunquera the Comarca on.
The comarca belongs to Franja , the strip of communities with a Catalan-speaking population in Aragon, which forms the western border of the Catalan-speaking area. All municipalities of the comarca are bilingual Spanish / Catalan .
