| Vielha e Mijaran | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia vegueries#Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
| Coordinates: | 42.7042°N 0.7961°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Aran |
| Subdivision Type3: | Terçons |
| Subdivision Name3: | Castièro, Marcatosa |
| Subdivision Type4: | Province |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lleida |
| Leader Party: | UA |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Juan Antonio Serrano Iglesias (2015)[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 211.7 |
| Elevation M: | 980 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 25530 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Cfb |
Vielha e Mijaran (in Occitan (post 1500); pronounced as /ˈbjeʎa e miʒaˈɾan/) is a municipality in central Aran, Catalonia. It is the capital and largest municipality of the region, with 5,581 inhabitants as of 2022.[3] It is part of the terçons of Castièro and Marcatosa.
It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac as Viella – Mitg-Aran: some of the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" (entitats municipals descentralitzades, EMD),[4] as does the village of Betren. Mijaran literally means "Middle Aran" in Aranese, as the inhabited part of the municipality is situated in the valley of the Garonne (Garona). The Noguera Ribagorçana has its source on the territory of the municipality, on the opposite side of the watershed. The ajuntament (town hall) is in Vielha, spelled Vielha in Occitan and Viella in Catalan and Spanish, which is also the capital of Aran and also the seat of the Conselh Generau d'Aran.
The municipality is linked to France and to the rest of Catalonia (via the Vielha tunnel) by the N-230 road. The C-28 (old name: C-142) road continues up the valley to Naut Aran, and on over the Port de la Bonaigua (2,072 m, 6,798 ft) to the comarca of Pallars Sobirà. 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 municipality is composed of thirteen distinct settlements. Populations are given :
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