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11-500: Chalamera ( Spanish: [tʃalaˈmeɾa] ) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca , Aragon , Spain . According to the 2004 census ( INE ), the municipality has a population of 153 inhabitants. This article about a location in the Province of Huesca is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Huesca (province) Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees , Huesca borders France and

22-660: A small central area of more difficult classification. Historically, the county and its dialect was influenced by its political alliances, conquerors and rulers—ranging from the Romans to the Goths , Navarrese , the Franks , Moors , Castilians and Catalans . As such, the spoken language evolved from a variant of Vulgar Latin and was influenced along the way by its geo-linguistic neighbors— Basque , Gascon ( Occitan ), Castilian , French , Aragonese and Catalan. Being predominantly

33-498: A spoken language, written documents are scarce, but they do exist—most notably, the Pastoradas of Benabarre compiled by Ricardo del Arco as well the writings of Tonón de Baldomera and poetry of Cleto Torrodellas; and more recently works by Ana Tena Puy, Carmen Castán and Bienvenido Mascaray Sin. With the recognition of Aragonese as a language in 2003, intra-regional identities, among them Ribagorçan, have gained strength, and there

44-667: Is given in the following chart: Spanish is the primary language in the province. However, the local linguistic varieties in the center and north of the province (often called fabla ) belong to the Aragonese language , which now survives mainly in the northernmost comarcas , such as the Aragon Valley in Jacetania , the Alto Gallego , Sobrarbe , and Ribagorza , where hitherto landlocked and isolated villages have helped

55-567: Is renewed interest in preserving, teaching and developing the local dialects commonly referred to as fabla . In Aragon, the dialect in Ribagorza can be clustered into two main groups: Upper and Lower Ribagorçan defined by an isogloss line running east–west from the Turbón mountain. However locals prefer to demarcate three subdialects: In Catalonia the Ribagorçan dialect spoken in

66-730: The Franks , to become Frankish feudal marches . The imperative of sovereignty , or independence, for the northern border counts, gave rise to the Kingdom of Aragon , which was the precursor to the Empire or Crown of Aragon , and ultimately the Kingdom of Spain . The modern day province comprises 10 comarcas and 202 municipalities. The following comarcas having their capital in Huesca Province include municipal terms within Zaragoza Province : The historical population

77-685: The French departments of Haute-Garonne , Pyrénées-Atlantiques , and Hautes-Pyrénées . Within Spain, Huesca's neighboring provinces are Navarre , Zaragoza , and Lleida . Covering a primarily mountainous area of 15 626 km² , the province of Huesca has a total population of 219,345 in 2018, with almost a quarter of its people living in the capital city of Huesca . The low population density, 14.62/km², has meant that Huesca's lush valleys, rivers, and lofty mountain ranges have remained relatively pristine and unspoiled by progress. Home to majestic scenery,

88-527: The language to thrive into the 21st century. In the easternmost areas of the province, varieties of the Catalan language are spoken, with a few transitional dialects difficult to classify as Aragonese or Catalan. Ribagor%C3%A7an dialect Ribagorçan ( autonym : ribagorsano or ribagorzano ) is a number of Romance dialects spoken in the modern territories of the medieval County of Ribagorza , in northern Spain . The area corresponds to

99-576: The modern administrative units of Ribagorza /Ribagorça and La Litera /La Llitera, in the province of Huesca , Aragon , and Alta Ribagorça in the province of Lleida , Catalonia . Today, depending on provincial and regional perspectives, Ribagorçan may be described in Aragon as transitional to Catalan , or in Catalonia as transitional to Aragonese . Eastern dialects in the area tend to be classified as Catalan, and western dialects as Aragonese, with

110-558: The province of Huesca, which formed the northern part of Hispania Tarraconensis , and continued to live there well into the 5th century until the arrival of the Visigoths . As a mountainous frontier region, it was difficult to dominate. The northern counties had at one time belonged to the Kingdom of Navarre but split off and managed to stem early Moorish invasions in the Middle Ages by forming alliances between themselves and with

121-649: The tallest mountain in the Pyrenees , the Aneto ; eternal glaciers, such as at Monte Perdido; and the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido , rich in flora and protected fauna. Popular with mountaineers , spelunkers , paragliders , and white water rafters , it is also a popular snow skiing destination with notable resorts in Candanchú , Formigal , Astún , Panticosa , and Cerler . The Romans colonised

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