Bajo Aragón (; ; ), or Lower Aragon, is an administrative comarca in eastern central Aragon, Spain. 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, a historical region 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) Valdealgorfa
See also Lower Aragon Matarranya historical comarca Comarcas of Aragon La Franja
References
This article includes content from the Spanish Wikipedia article :es:Bajo Aragón.