La Garcipollera (in Aragonese and officially A Garzipollera), [1] also known as Garcipollera Valley, is a small area of the Aragonese Pyrenees, within the Jacetania, in the province of Huesca, practically coinciding with the basin of the Ijuez river, a tributary of Aragon. It is characteristic because most of its villages were depopulated during the 20th century.
Located in the upper part of the Aragón river near Jaca and before the middle Pyrenean depression or Berdún Canal, in the basin of the Ijuez river and its surroundings, the valley comprises a space delimited by the foothills of the Collarada massif, the Acumuer valley and the Aragón river. Some sources consider it to be part of the Aragón valley, also known as the Canfranc valley. [2]
The first sources of the toponym are found in the Libro de la Cadena del Concejo de Jaca, referring to the valley as ualle cepollaria, which would derive to the forms Ual çepolaria and Barcipollera, until the current name Garcipollera in Castilian. [3]
In the second half of the 20th century, a large part of the valley was expropriated by the State Forestry Patrimony due to the construction of the Yesa Reservoir, which would require the reforestation of the Ijuez river basin to avoid the headward erosion that the reservoir would produce in the Aragón river and its tributaries.[ citation needed ]
Aragon is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a historic nationality of Spain.
Biescas is a municipality of northeastern Spain close to the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. The name seems to provide from the term bizka, which means "hill" in a Proto-Indo-European language.
Canfranc is a municipality in the Aragón Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two villages, the original village and Canfranc Estación, which developed with the establishment of Canfranc International railway station to serve railway traffic across the Pyrenees.
The County of Aragon or County of Jaca was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centered on the small town of Jaca, an area now part of Spain. It was created by the Carolingians late in the 8th or early in the 9th century, but soon fell into the orbit of the Kingdom of Navarre, into which it was absorbed in 922. It would later form the core of the 11th century Kingdom of Aragon.
Contamina is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain to the west of the Sierra de Padros, in the upper valley of the river Jalón, a tributary of the Ebro. According to the 2008 census, the municipality has a population of 42 inhabitants. In 1930 the population was 252. The 16th-century parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and is constructed in the baroque style. It has a notable 16th-century altar depicting the life of Saint Bartholomew in eight panels.
Fuencalderas is a village of the autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain, in the comarca (county) of the Cinco Villas, in the province of Zaragoza. Until 1975 was an independent municipality, year in which was fused with the municipality of Biel, giving place to the municipality of Biel-Fuencalderas. In 1996 step to be constituted as "Lower Local Entity" within the same municipality.
La Jacetania 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.
The president of the Government of Aragon, also known as the president of the General Deputation of Aragon or, simply, the president of Aragon, is the head of government of Aragon, an autonomous community in Spain. The President is elected to a four-year term by the Aragonese Corts.
The first government of Javier Lambán was formed on 6 July 2015, following the latter's election as President of the Government of Aragon by the Cortes of Aragon on 3 July and his swearing-in on 5 July, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Aragonese Union (CHA) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Cortes with external support from Podemos and United Left (IU) following the 2015 Aragonese regional election. It succeeded the government of Luisa Fernanda Rudi and was the Government of Aragon from 6 July 2015 to 6 August 2019, a total of 1,492 days, or 4 years and 1 month.
The second government of Javier Lambán was formed on 7 August 2019, following the latter's election as President of the Government of Aragon by the Cortes of Aragon on 31 July and his swearing-in on 3 August, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the 2019 regional election. It succeeded the first Lambán government and was the Government of Aragon from 7 August 2019 to 12 August 2023, a total of 1,466 days, or 4 years and 5 days.
The second government of Pedro Sánchez was formed on 13 January 2020, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Spain by the Congress of Deputies on 7 January and his swearing-in on 8 January, as a result of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerging as the largest parliamentary force at the November 2019 general election. It succeeded the first Sánchez government and was the Government of Spain from 13 January 2020 to 21 November 2023, a total of 1,408 days, or 3 years, 10 months and 8 days.
The Yesa Reservoir is located in the Pyrenees, and is formed with the damming of the Aragon River, in the Navarre town of Yesa (Spain), although the largest area of the reservoir is located in the province of Zaragoza, extending from east to west. It is located to the northwest of the Aragonese province of Zaragoza and to the east of Navarre. Most of it floods lands of the Berdun Canal, in the Aragonese region of Jacetania in the municipalities of Sigüés, Ruesta, Escó, and Tiermas. It is known by the nickname Mar de los Pirineos and is located at the entrance of the aforementioned. It is the largest navigable area of Aragon and it is the source of the Bardenas Canal that transfers water to the Ribera area south of Navarra and irrigates the Bardenas Reales and the Cinco Villas region of Zaragoza. It is also used for water supply and as a power station.
Ruesta is a former settlement in the province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon (Spain), today belonging to the municipality of Urriés, in the region of Cinco Villas, judicial district of Ejea de los Caballeros.
Larrosa is an unpopulated settlement and a former municipality of Spain, belonging to the present municipality of Jaca, in the comarca of Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon.
Villanovilla is a Spanish settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon.
Bescós de Garcipollera or Bescós de la Garcipollera is a Spanish settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is located in the valley of the Garcipollera.
Bergosa is an unpopulated settlement belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the region of Jacetania, province of Huesca, Aragon. It is part of the Garcipollera.
Acín is an unpopulated village in Spain, within the municipality of Jaca, in the province of Huesca. It is located in the valley of the Garcipollera, in the Aragonese region of the Jacetania.
Yosa de Garcipollera is an abandoned town belonging to the municipality of Jaca, in the province of Huesca, in Spain. It is part of the Garcipollera Valley, in the region of Jacetania, in the autonomous community of Aragon.
The Ezka river is a tributary of the Aragon river that flows along 51 kilometers, mainly through the region of Navarra and to a lesser extent through Aragon. It rises at the junction of the Belagua and Uztárroz rivers in the Navarre town of Isaba and flows south through the valley to its mouth at the Yesa Reservoir, downstream from the Aragonese town of Sigüés.
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