La Franja

La Franja is the area of Catalan-speaking territories of eastern bordering , in . It literally means "the strip" and can also more properly be called Franja d'Aragó, Franja de Ponent or Franja Oriental d'Aragó in Catalan.
Wikipedia
Photo: Ecelan, CC BY 2.5.
  • Type: Region with 47,600 residents
  • Description: the area of Catalan-speaking territories of Aragon bordering Catalonia, in Spain
  • Also known as: “Franja del Ponent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Saidí and Iglesia de San Juan Bautista.

Castle
Photo: Deosringas, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zaidín and Velilla de Cinca.

Village
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or Saidí is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, , Spain. According to the 2004 census, the municipality has a population of 1,721 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Ecelan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Vilella de Cinca is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, , . According to the 2004 census, the municipality has a population of 441 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Manuel Portero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the , . As of 2010, it has a population of 981 inhabitants.

La Franja

Latitude
41.6298° or 41° 37′ 47″ north
Longitude
0.2719° or 0° 16′ 19″ east
Population
47,600
Open location code
8FH2J7HC+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8000963557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q15579
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“La Franja” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Francha Oriental d’Aragón”
  • Arpitan: “Frenge d’Aragon”
  • Basque: “Sartaldeko Zerrenda”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя паласа”
  • Catalan: “Franja de Ponent”
  • Chinese: “西部地带”
  • Chinese: “西部地帶”
  • Dutch: “La Franja”
  • Esperanto: “Aragona Strio”
  • Finnish: “La Franja”
  • French: “Frange d’Aragon”
  • French: “Frange du Ponent”
  • French: “Franja del Ponent”
  • Galician: “Franxa de Aragón”
  • German: “Franja de Aragón”
  • German: “Franja de Ponent”
  • Greek: “Καταλανόφωνη ζώνη της Αραγωνίας”
  • Italian: “Frangia d’Aragona”
  • Japanese: “ラ・フランハ地方”
  • Lombard: “Franja d’Aragó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franja d’Aragó”
  • Norwegian: “Franja d’Aragó”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Franja de Ponent”
  • Polish: “Pas Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Faixa de Aragão”
  • Russian: “Западная полоса”
  • Sicilian: “Frinza”
  • Slovenian: “La Franja”
  • Spanish: “Franja de Aragon”
  • Spanish: “Franja de Aragón”
  • Spanish: “Franja del Ponent”
  • Spanish: “franja oriental de Aragón”
  • Spanish: “franja oriental”
  • Spanish: “La Franja”
  • Swedish: “La Franja”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна смуга”
  • “Franja de Ponet”

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