Naut Aran

Naut Aran
Municipality

Sant Andreu church, in Salardú
Naut Aran

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°42′32″N 0°54′11″E / 42.70889°N 0.90306°E / 42.70889; 0.90306Coordinates: 42°42′32″N 0°54′11″E / 42.70889°N 0.90306°E / 42.70889; 0.90306
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Aran
Government
 • Mayor Cesar Ruiz-Canela Nieto (2015)[1] (CDA)
Area[2]
 • Total 255.8 km2 (98.8 sq mi)
Elevation 1,267 m (4,157 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,782
 • Density 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Website www.nautaran.org

Naut Aran (Occitan pronunciation: [ˈnawt aˈɾan]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Aran in Catalonia, Spain. It is the second largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of surface area (225.8 km², behind Tremp), and was created in 1967 by the merger of the municipalities of Arties, Salardú, Gessa, Tredòs and Bagergue: the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" (entitats municipals descentralitzades, EMD). The name literally means "Upper Valley" in Aranese, and both the Garonne (Garona) and the Noguera Pallaresa have their sources on the territory of the municipality. The town hall is in Salardú. The municipality is linked to Vielha by the C-28 road, which continues to Alt Àneu over the Port de la Bonaigua (2072 m). This road, the higher stretches of which are impassable in winter, was the only route between the Aran Valley and the rest of Spain before the opening of the Vielha tunnel in 1948.

The local economy is based almost entirely on tourism and winter sports. The ski resort of Vaquèira-Beret is one of the largest in the Pyrenees. A number of local churches have been classified as historic-artistic monuments:

Subdivisions

The municipality is composed of nine distinct settlements:

Demography

Population figures from before 1967 are the totals for the five municipalities which combined to form Naut Aran.

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
1169 1079 1173 881 1146 1716

Note

  1. ^ Entitats municipals descentralitzades are governed by the Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). They correspond to entidades locales menores in the rest of Spain (known as entitats locals menors in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands).

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de Naut Aran". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Naut Aran". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
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