Benabarre

Benabarre (Spanish)
Benavarri (Ribagorçan)
Benavarri (Aragonese)
Municipality
Flag of Benabarre (Spanish)
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Coat of arms of Benabarre (Spanish)
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Benabarre (Spanish) is located in Aragon
Benabarre (Spanish)
Benabarre (Spanish)
Location of Benabarre/Benavarri within Aragon
Benabarre (Spanish) is located in Spain
Benabarre (Spanish)
Benabarre (Spanish)
Location of Benabarre/Benavarri within Spain
Coordinates: 42°7′0″N 0°29′0″E / 42.11667°N 0.48333°E / 42.11667; 0.48333
Country Spain
Autonomous community Aragon
ProvinceHuesca
ComarcaRibagorza
Judicial districtBarbastro
Government
 • AlcaldeAlfredo Sancho Guardia (2007) (PSOE)
Area
 • Total157.14 km2 (60.67 sq mi)
Elevation
788 m (2,585 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,111
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
DemonymBenabarrense
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22580
WebsiteOfficial website

Benabarre (Spanish: [benaˈβare]), in Ribagorçan and Aragonese: Benavarri[2][3] (locally [benaˈβari]) is a town and municipality in the Aragonese comarca of Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, Spain.

Benabarre is the historical and cultural capital of the comarca. It is part of the geo-linguistic area of La Franja, where Ribagorçan dialect of Catalan is spoken. In ancient texts it appears as Benabarri.[4][5]

It is located in the Pre-Pyrenees, 90 km from Huesca and 65 km from Lleida, at an altitud of 792 m, in a small syncline between Ésera and Cajigar rivers. Most of the territory, however, belongs to the Noguera Ribagorçana basin. To the north we find the Castillo de Laguarres mountain range, and to the south we find the Montsec Range. Through its municipal area runs the N-230 road, that connects Lleida and the Val d'Aran.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Carlos Ángel Rizos Jiménez and Moisés Selfa Sastre (2009). Municipio de Benavarri (Benabarrre). Toponimia de Ribagorza. Editorial Milenio-Gobierno de Aragón. ISBN 978-84-9743-303-7.
  3. ^ As shown in the Legislative Decree 2/2006 Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine of 27 December, of the Government of Aragon, by the revised text of the Law on Comarcal Demarcation of Aragon is approved.
  4. ^ Antonio María Alcover, «Geografía y estadística de la lengua catalana», ABC, 15 de mayo de 1919.
  5. ^ Agustín Ubieto Arteta, Toponimia aragonesa medieval, Valencia, Anubar, 1972. pág2. 55 y 56.