Jacetania

Jacetania
Comarca
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Aragon
Province	Huesca & Zaragoza
Capital	Jaca
Area
• Total	1,857.9 km2 (717.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	18,664
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Largest municipality	Jaca

File:A Peña Uruel.jpg

Penya Uruel or Peña Oroel above the mist

File:EsposavistadesdeSinues.jpg

Esposa seen from Sinués.

Jacetania (Aragonese: Chacetania; French: Jacétanie) is a comarca in northern Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Huesca and Zaragoza provinces. The administrative capital is Jaca, with 13,374 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca. The area is famous for its ski resorts.

Jacetania borders with France in the north and with Navarre in the west. Most of its territory is mountainous, with the ranges of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees covering most of its area. The name of the comarca originates in the ancient Iberian tribe of the Iacetani (Latin: Iaccetani). The Aragonese language is spoken in this comarca, in particular, its variety, Jaca Aragonese.

This comarca was the birthplace of the historic County of Aragon.

Municipal terms

The traditional names of the towns, when different from the official name, are in brackets.

• Aísa
  • Candanchú
  • Esposa
  • Sinués
• Ansó
• Aragüés del Puerto (Aragüés de lo Puerto)
• Artieda
• Bailo
• Borau
• Canal de Berdún (A Canal de Berdún)
• Canfranc
  • Canfranc Estación
• Castiello de Jaca (Castiello de Chaca)
  • Aratorés
• Fago
• Jaca (Chaca)
• Jasa (Chasa)
• Mianos (Mians)
• Puente la Reina de Jaca (Puent d'a Reina de Chaca)
• Salvatierra de Esca (Salvatierra d'Esca)
• Santa Cilia
• Santa Cruz de la Serós (Santa Cruz d'as Serors)
• Sigüés
• Valle de Hecho (Val d'Echo)
• Villanúa (Villanuga)

See also

• County of Aragon
• Pyrenees

References

• Official Map
• Comarcas de Aragón, La jacetania