Roncal Valley
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Roncal Valley
Valle de Roncal | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Navarre |
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Population (2021) UTC+2 (CEST ) |
The Roncal Valley (Standard Basque: Erronkaribar, Spanish: Valle de Roncal) is a valley and mancomunidad in the very east of Navarre, bordering the autonomous community of Aragon to the East and France to the north. It is part of the Merindad of Sangüesa. The Ezka, a tributary of the Aragón, flows from north to south through the center of the valley.
The Roncalese dialect of Basque was historically spoken within this valley. It shares its name with the town and municipality of Roncal. While the last speakers of the valley's traditional dialect have died, the valley is located in Navarre's mixed language zone and does have a number of Basque speakers.
Government
The valley, as a local entity, is classified as an agrupación de carácter tradicional or "grouping of traditional character" within Navarre. It is governed by a junta general or general council, consisting of 21 members, three from each village.[2]
Tourism
As a tourist destination, the Roncal Valley is known for hiking trails in the Pyrenees, its villages, the tomb of the tenor Julián Gayarre, and the Larra-Belagua Ski Center.[3][4]
Cheese
The Roncal Valley is well known for its local
Language
The Roncal Valley was historically home to the Roncalese dialect of Basque and all of its municipalities are located in Navarre's mixed language zone. The last native speakers of Roncalese Basque died in the 1970s and 80s, and the Spanish spoken in the area retains some influence from Basque.
Notably, in Spanish, word-final -r corresponds to a single,
See also
References
- ^ "GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE VALLEY – vallederoncal". vallederoncal.es.
- ^ "Roncal Valley, a tourist paradise in Navarra that you cannot miss". Turismo Navarra. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ "Roncal Valley". Fodor's. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ "What to see in the Roncal Valley and what to do". 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- S2CID 221304453.
- ^ "Roncal | Local Cheese From Roncal Valley". www.tasteatlas.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ "Roncal". The Gourmet Cheese of the Month Club. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ Hualde, José Ignacio (2005). "Quasi-phonemic contrasts in Spanish". WCCFL 23: Proceedings of the 23rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. pp. 374–398.