Editing Val d'Aran (section)

==Government and economy==
Administratively, Aran is a "unique territorial entity" roughly equivalent to a [[Comarques of Catalonia|''comarca'']] with additional powers, and informally referred to as a comarca. This status was most recently formalised in February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conselharan.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Llei-1_2015-Regim-Especiau-dAran2.pdf|title=LLEI 1/2015, del 5 de febrer, del règim especial d'Aran|publisher=[[Generalitat of Catalonia]]|language=ca|date=2015-02-13|access-date=2015-11-19}}</ref> The area is divided into six administrative divisions called ''[[Terçon|terçons]]'' (meaning "thirds", as there were formerly three divisions). The current arrangement of the divisions dates from the 15th century. Since 1991, Aran has an autonomous government called the ''[[Conselh Generau d'Aran]]'' ({{langx|oc|General Council of Aran}}), headed by the [[Síndic d'Aran]].

The major political parties are the [[Unity of Aran|Unity of Aran - Aranese Nationalist Party]] (the local chapter of the [[Socialists' Party of Catalonia]]), the [[Aranese Democratic Convergence]] (the local chapter of the ([[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia]]). The [[Occitan Republican Left]] party was founded in 2008.

The main economic activity in the valley is tourism; from the [[ski]] resorts in the winter and from other tourist activity in the summer. Other primary sectors of the economy include forest products, cattle ranching and agriculture, all of which have become progressively less important since the opening of ski resorts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brandtjen |first=Roland |title=The valley and the rock: europeanized separatism and Iberian micro-nations: secession to gain full EU-Membership?: an analysis of Gibraltar and the Val d'Aran |date=2021 |publisher=Verlag Dr. Kovač |isbn=978-3-339-12272-8 |series=Schriftenreihe Schriften zur Europapolitik |location=Hamburg}}</ref>

===Municipalities===
[[File:La Garonne dans la Vallée d'Aran - Fonds Ancely - B315556101 A MALBOS 1 006.jpg|thumb|''[[Garonne]] in Val d'Aran'' near 1840 by [[Eugène de Malbos]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Municipality
! Population{{br}}(2014)<ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/|title=El municipi en xifres|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref>
! Area{{br}}km{{sup|2}}<ref name=idescat/>
|-
| [[Arres]] || align=right | 73 || align=right | 11.6
|-
| [[Bausen]] || align=right | 49 || align=right | 17.7
|-
| [[Es Bòrdes]] || align=right | 234 || align=right | 21.4
|-
| [[Bossòst]] || align=right | 1,140 || align=right | 28.2
|-
| [[Canejan]] || align=right | 102 || align=right | 48.3
|-
| [[Les, Catalonia|Les]] || align=right | 968 || align=right | 23.4
|-
| [[Naut Aran]] || align=right | 1,782 || align=right | 255.8
|-
| [[Vielha e Mijaran]] || align=right | 5,474 || align=right | 211.7
|-
| [[Vilamòs]] || align=right | 171 || align=right | 15.4
|-
| • Total: 9 || align=right | 9,993 || align=right | 633.5
|}