Aran Valley
Jump to navigation
Jump to search

This article is about the Aran Valley. For other uses of the term Aran, please see Aran (disambiguation).
Aran Valley or simply Aran (Occitan: Val d'Aran or Aran; Catalan: Vall d'Aran; Spanish: Valle de Arán) is a mountain valley of the Pyrenees and a semi-autonomous district ("comarca") belonging politically to Spain (Catalonia) and culturally to Occitania. It has 9 815 inhabitants in an area of 633.60 km². The capital city is Vielha. The valley has three official languages: Occitan (see Aranese Occitan), which is the native tongue, Catalan and Spanish. Aran is a famous destination for mountain tourism.