La Litera

La Litera (Spanish: [la liˈteɾa]) or La Llitera (Catalan: [lə ʎiˈteɾə])^[1] (Aragonese: A Litera) is an Aragonese comarca in the south-east of the province of Huesca.

La Litera/La Llitera
Comarca
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Aragon
Province	Huesca
Capital	Binéfar/Binèfar
Area
• Total	733.9 km^2 (283.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	18,847
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Its cultural capital is Tamarite de Litera, its administrative capital is Binefar and it borders the comarques of Ribagorza, Somontano de Barbastro, Cinca Medio, Bajo Cinca in Aragon and Noguera and Segrià in Catalonia.

Its west half side belongs to the Catalan-speaking strip in eastern Aragon known as La Franja.

Municipal terms

List of villages on the comarca. The Catalan version of the names of the towns are in brackets:^[2]

• Albelda
• Alcampell (El Campell)
• Altorricón (El Torricó)
• Azanuy-Alins (Sanui i Alins)
• Baélls (Baells)
• Baldellou (Valldellou)
• Binéfar (Binèfar)
• Camporrélls (Camporrells)
• Castillonroy (Castellonroi)
• Esplús
• Peralta de Calasanz (Peralta de Calassanç)
• San Esteban de Litera (Sant Esteve de Llitera)
• Tamarite de Litera (Tamarit de Llitera)
• Vencillón (Vensilló)

References

1. Official name as appears in the establishing law of the comarca (BOA 25/2002 12th november) (in Spanish)
2. (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial de Aragón. 2007-12-27. Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2008-07-23.

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