Huesca ( Aragonese : Uesca ; Catalan : Osca ), officially Huesca/Uesca , is a province of northeastern Spain , in northern Aragon . The capital is Huesca .
8-423: Binéfar ( Spanish: [biˈnefaɾ] ) is a municipality located in the province of Huesca , Aragon , Spain. According to the 2008 census ( INE ), the municipality has a population of 9,288 inhabitants. It is the home of the children's theatre group " Los Titiriteros de Binéfar ". 41°51′N 0°18′E / 41.850°N 0.300°E / 41.850; 0.300 This article about
16-597: 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 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 ,
24-652: 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 the language to thrive into
32-564: 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 the province of Huesca, which formed the northern part of Hispania Tarraconensis , and continued to live there well into
40-475: 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. Comarcas of Aragon Here is a list of the administrative comarcas (administrative subdivisions) in the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. They were officially delimited in 1999, with substantial changes over
48-649: 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 the Franks , to become Frankish feudal marches . The imperative of sovereignty , or independence, for
56-612: 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 is given in the following chart: Spanish
64-549: 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, the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees , the Aneto ; eternal glaciers, such as at Monte Perdido; and
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