La Jacetania Explained

La Jacetania
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Huesca & Zaragoza
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Jaca
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
Area Total Km2:1857.9
Population Total:18664
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Largest municipality
Blank Info Sec1:Jaca
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Area Code Type:Dialing code

La Jacetania (Aragonese: A Chacetania; French: Jacétanie) is a comarca in northern Aragon, Spain. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Huesca and Zaragoza provinces.The administrative capital is Jaca, with 13,374 inhabitants the largest town of the comarca. The area is famous for its ski resorts.

Jacetania borders with France in the north and with Navarre in the west. Most of its territory is mountainous, with the ranges of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees covering most of its area. The name of the comarca originates in the ancient Iberian tribe of the Iacetani (Latin: Iaccetani).

This comarca was the birthplace of the historic County of Aragon.

Municipal terms

The traditional names of the towns, when different from the official name, are in brackets.

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