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	Val d'Aran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the source of the Garonne, and one of the highest valleys of the Pyrenees.
		Most of the valley constitutes the only Catalan territory on the north face of the Pyrenees, hence the only part of Catalonia whose waters drain into the Atlantic Ocean.
		The valley used to be without direct communication with the south side of the mountains during winter, until the construction of the Vielha tunnel, opened in 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aran_Valley (579 words)

	Euromosaic - Occitan (Aranese) in Spain
		The Aran Valley is a small Occitan-speaking enclave with an area of 620 km on Spanish territory on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees in the region of Catalonia.
		The Occitan spoken in the Aran Valley is a variant of Gascon (differing in certain aspects from the Gascon spoken to the north of the Pyrenees, differences that are mostly attributable to the influence of Castilian and Catalan).
		Between 1940 and 1960 the construction of the tunnel and of various dams ushered in a period of demographic growth, characterized by a decrease in the average age of the population and an increase in the birth rate.
	www.uoc.edu /euromosaic/web/document/occita/an/i1/i1.html (2564 words)

	Val d'Aran
		It is the comarca located on the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, on the the North face of the Pyrenees.
		The valley used to be without direct communication with the south side of the mountains during winter, until the construction of a tunnel, opened in 1948.
		The name itself is a tautology, as it means Valley of the Valley (val in Gascon and aran from Basque haran) - a interesting name for a very intersting place.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Val_d'Aran.html (333 words)

	Pyrenees Tourism - Val DAran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The valley was a stronghold of Republicanism during the Spanish Civil War and a refuge for the defeated afterwards, safe behind passes snowed up half the year.
		The isolation of Aran was finally relieved by the boring of the Tune de Vielha in 1948 (using the slave labour of Republican POWs), allowing the N230 road to directly link the valley with the provincial capital of Lleida.
		Nautaran, “High Valley” in Aranes, is the more scenic eastern part of the region and a good start- or end-point for walks in the Aigüestortes park.
	www.pyreneestourism.org /val-daran (626 words)

	Val d'Aran - a beautiful small valley
		The valley called Val d'Aran can be found bordering with Aragon at its western side, with Pallars Sobira at its eastern side, with the Catalan Comarques at its southern side, and with France at its northern area.
		This valley s the main Catalan territory that can be found in the north side of the Pyrenees, and is a spot which offers a different climate than other valleys in this area due to the fact that, unlike the others, it is oriented to the Atlantic Ocean.
		This valley has a variety of native animals, many of which are in peril of extinction, and that are counted among the main attractions of this destination.
	eurotomic.com /spain/val-daran-a-beautiful-small-valley.php (374 words)

	Museums and the Web 2003: Papers: Carreras
		The Boi valley gateway is a joint project between different Museums, institutions and Universities of Catalonia (Spain) with the aim to create a virtual environment to include all the Cultural Heritage of this small Pyrenees valley.
		The Boi valley, despite of all the heritage treasures, nowadays does not have any Museum or Interpretation center, though in the future will be one at Erill la Vall, that may help the visit to all the people interested in the Historic, Artistic and Natural heritage of the valley.
		Normally, a potential visitor of the valley apart from enjoying a special natural environment, may be interested in other documentation for other kinds of activities, who may carry out while he or she is here.
	www.archimuse.com /mw2003/papers/carreras/carreras.html (3980 words)

	Camping Laspaúles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Benasque Valley is the most representative area of the Ribagorza and the biggest valley in the Pyrenees.
		The houses of the towns from this valley are typical mountain cottages.
		The historic remains in the Arán Valley are not many because of its special geographic situation and the wilderness around them but still holds good examples of Romanesque architecture from the 12th and 13th centuries.
	www.laspaules.com /ingles/entorno.html (2395 words)

	Baqueira Beret
		It's located in the Val d’Arán valley, between France and Spain on the northern side of the Pyrenees.
		The two small ski villages in the valley are called Baqueira and Beret.
		The ski stations are referred to as Baqueira 1500, Beret 1850, and Bonaigua 2072.
	baqueira.costasur.com /en (532 words)

	Travelling to central Pyreness? DOs and DON'Ts
		As I had already been in the Aran valley in the past, this time my main intention was not to visit the valley itself, but make some radial excursions.
		Apart from the architectonic beauty of the small villages of this valley, its natural environment is also exceptional, and if you like open landscapes I can recommend you take the road that goes up to Taüll and the sky resort of Boi-Taüll, from where you will enjoy beautiful views of the valley.
		Well, it was time to say goodbye to the Aran valley and move to our next destination, so we left Viella by the N 230 southwards and some km before Pont de Suert we took the N 260 towards the National Park of Ordesa.
	www.vhfdx.net /travel/pyrenees.html (1504 words)

	Baqueira Beret - Skiable Ski Resorts
		There is a valley in the pyrennees of Catalan, which boasts the favoured Spanish ski resort of King Carlos 2nd, seasoned snowboarding professionals, and me and my friends.
		Baqueira-Beret is found on the Eastern end of the Val D'Aran, a herringbone of a valley with inticing Peaks on both northern and southern sides of the valley with easy snowshoeing or cramponing to wide walls, forest runs and lines with a snow band of upto and in some cases over 1km in depth.
		The single road stretching east-west of the valley from the station to Vielha, the centre of Val D'Aranis the only reminder during national holiday periods, that there are needs for maybe a more bus services or a special shuttle train to cope with the number of people you never realised had visited.
	www.skiable.com /ski-resort-details/Baqueira-Beret-Spain (463 words)

	Paint Your Own Pottery and ceramics at Aran's
		Aran's Colour and Glaze Studio is located in Castro Valley, CA.
		Aran's studio specializes in the art of ceramic decorating, painting and glazing.
		Aran's Castro Valley studio is the perfect place for birthday parties, corporate outings, bridal and baby showers, scout troops (earn your ceramic badge here) and more.
	www.aranceramic.com (226 words)

	Val d'Arán (Lleida Province, Catalonia, Spain)
		Val d'Aran (Aran Valley) is a comarca (Spanish subprovincial region) on the northwesternmost tip of Lleida province.
		The regional logo-flag of Aran (with inscription in Aranese) is available on my pages (image here).
		This is not the flag of Aran, but only an official proposal never adopted.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/es-l-vda.html (316 words)

	Spain Baqueira Beret
		This purpose built resort is set in the beautiful Arán valley near Romanesque churches, mountain lakes and the Alguestortes National Park.
		If you quit at 3:30 or 4:00, the valley runs won’t be mobbed – and you’ll be the first at the tapas bar.
		This enchanting hillside village is the oldest in the valley, now populated mainly by old people and old dogs.
	www.bluebookski.com /bluebook9/Spain_Baqueira_Beret.htm (2567 words)

	Hotel accommodation in Lleida, Spain.
		This parador is located in the tourist village of Arties which is in the picturesque part of the Pyrenees called the Aran valley.
		One can as well visit places like the Aran Valley, Andorra and France, as all are easily accessible from the hotel.
		The Hotel Pirene is to be found in Vielha, the capital of the Aran Valley (Catalan Pyrenees, at the border between Spain and France).
	www.123casa.com /lleida/lleida.htm (617 words)

	23 Day Traverse of the Spanish Pyrenees
		Naut Aran (Upper Aran), taking in the villages of Salardú, Tredòs and Arties, is the most stimulating area of the Vall d'Aran for walking.
		The decision to begin construction of the tunnel in 1926 was an attempt to reinforce the valley’s economic and cultural links with Spain and diminish the French influence.
		On the way up the Riu de Valarties valley from the refugio and Pont de Rius ignore all cobbled paths engineered by the power company, enticing you to go up and left; each leads to a dead end at various waterworks.
	www.phholidays.co.uk /Activities/Walking/lonely03_8_10.htm (2087 words)

	CNJC - Debat Juvenil
		On 16 July 2000, the Aran General Council Youth Office, in collaboration with the Generalitat de Catalunya's Secretariat General for Youth, held a conference called "Aran Valley Young People Speak Out".
		The afternoon seminar, "Aran, Occitania, Catalonia and National Identity", was attended by Xavier Armangué, the Deputy General Director for Youth of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
		The Coordinator of the Aran General Council Youth Office, Àlex Moga, introduced the main points of the future General Youth Plan of the Aran Valley.
	www.cnjc.net /cat/debats/63/63_abstract.html (3535 words)

	Meractor Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		ccitan (or langue d'oc as it is also called) is spoken in Occitania (an area of 190 000 km2, which accounts for nearly a third of the area of the French state - 32 département), one valley in the Spanish Pyrenees (The Aran Valley), and twelve valleys in the Italian Alps.
		The situation is very different in the Spanish state: in the Aran Valley, Occitan is by its status of an official language, along with Catalan in the Generalitat de Catalunya.
		In the Aran Valley, Television de Catalunya (Val d'Aran)* broadcasts one programme.
	www.aber.ac.uk /~merwww/english/lang/occitan.htm (469 words)

	Basque language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the name of the Aran Valley (now a Gascon-speaking part of Catalonia) suggests Basque haran, meaning "valley".
		However, the growing influence of Latin began to drive Basque out from less mountainous areas of this region.
		However, Basque was explicitly recognized in some areas, as the local charter of the Basque-colonized Ojacastro valley (now in La Rioja) allowed the inhabitants to use Basque in legal processes in the 13th and 14th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basque_language (2543 words)

	Travel in France - Let Us Help You ! - Romanesque Catalonia:Sculptures from the Boí Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Boi Valley, a narrow cutting in the Spanish Pyrenees, west of Catalonia, witnessed an extraordinary flowering of Romanesque art in the first half of the twelfth century, which prompted UNESCO to declare it a World Heritage Site.
		The idea for this exhibition originated in 2001 when the last known sculpture from the Boi Valley workshop still in private hands entered the collection of the Musée National du Moyen Age; it was previously known only from a poor-quality photograph taken in 1930.
		The major paintings and sculptures of the Boi Valley are an individual response to the questions that agitated the whole of Christendom.
	www.travel-in-france.com /france/article443.html (913 words)

	Squaw Valley Village -- Assistance and Offers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Listen to the Festival Orchestra at 7pm Aug. 6 in the Village at Squaw Valley.
		at the ArÃ¡n valley (north of Catalonia, in the middle of the PyrÃ©nÃ©es) stands this beautiful village that once was a
		Just to show how tall and narrow this church is, alone in the middle of a little village in a small valley.
	www.healthykidsplanet.com /extra/186/squaw-valley-village.html (298 words)

	Llanos del Hospital - Estación de Esquí
		It starts in the Pllan del Hospital and follows the path that leads to the hospital of the Aran’s Valley.
		Llanos del Hospital is a starting point for a wide variety of excursions with cross-country skies, because it is situated in the foothill of the Aneto-Maladeta’s massif (the highest of the Pyrenees).
		The Agrupación Deportiva Hospital de Benasque (the Benasque’s Hospital Sports Association) is the cross-country ski association of the valley.
	www.llanosdelhospital.com /ingles/pistas.htm (393 words)

	Images of portugal. Images of Spain. Images of Barcelona. Images of Madrid
		District Valle de Aran (Val d'Aran valley): View from Beret to the Cap de Baqueira
		District Valle de Aran (Val d'Aran valley): Ski resort of Beret with the Tuc de Beret
		District Valle de Aran (Val d'Aran valley): Skiing in the Blanhiblar slope in Beret (Baqueira Beret)
	www.iberimage.com /en/reportajes_detalle.jsp?id_reportaje=227 (505 words)

	Spain - Pyrenees - Lleida - Parador de Vielha
		The Parador has unsurpassable panoramic views of the Pyrenees, which may be enjoyed from the circular glazed living room.
		The Battle of Flowers should not be missed in the month of August.
		In winter all the main activities in the Aran Valley are snow oriented.
	paradores-spain.com /spain/pvielha.html (572 words)

	Sol Vielha - Vielha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Located right in the centre of Vielha, main city of the Valle de Aran (Pyrenees), this recently opened hotel has a privileged position facing the river Garona.
		It is 20 minutes away from the ski slopes of Baqueira Beret, 100 metres away from the new Congress Centre and only 200 metres away from the ice-rink.
		Since the Basque Country the most recommendable itinerary is the one that crosses the French Pyrenee in direction Tolousse and deviates in St. Gaudens to return to Spain by the Valley of Aran through the N-125.
	www.leadinghotels.com /hotels/Sol-Vielha-Vielha.html (573 words)

	El parlar de la Vall d'Aran. Gramatica, diccionari i estudis lexicals sobre el gasco. (grammar and dictionary of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		(grammar and dictionary of the Gascon language as spoken in the Aran Valley) - COROMINES, JOAN
		(grammar and dictionary of the Gascon language as spoken in the Aran Valley)
		FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the standard grammar and dictionary of Aranes, the Gascon dialect spoken in the Vall d'Aran, a valley in northern Catalonia.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/col/2814.shtml (131 words)

	Dominic Smith - Personal Pages - Vall d'Aran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Vall d'Aran (Aran Valley) is located in North-West Catalunia in the Spanish Pyrennees.
		I visited it for my University dissertation, since the 6200 inhabitants speak a variety of Occitan called Aranés.
		Some photographs from the valley are shown below, but this is not a complete set: I have temporarily misplaced the others, but I hope to upload them when I'm back home.
	www.domsmith.co.uk /index.php?article=118&style=2005 (102 words)

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