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Vielha e Mijaran is a municipality in central Aran, Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest municipality of the region, with a population of 5,865 (register office, 2025). It is part of the terçons of Castièro and Marcatosa.
It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac as Viella – Mitg-Aran: some of the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" (entitats municipals descentralitzades, EMD), as does the village of Betren. Mijaran literally means "Middle Aran" in Aranese, as the inhabited part of the municipality is situated in the valley of the Garonne (Garona). The Noguera Ribagorçana has its source on the territory of the municipality, on the opposite side of the watershed. The ajuntament (town hall) is in Vielha, spelled Vielha in Occitan and Viella in Catalan and Spanish, which is also the capital of Aran and also the seat of the Conselh Generau d'Aran.
The municipality is linked to France and to the rest of Catalonia (via the Vielha tunnel) by the N-230 road. The C-28 (old name: C-142) road continues up the valley to Naut Aran, and on over the Port de la Bonaigua (2,072 m, 6,798 ft) to the comarca of Pallars Sobirà. This road, the higher stretches of which are impassable in winter, was the only route between the Aran valley and the rest of Spain before the opening of the Vielha tunnel in 1948.
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Vielha e Mijaran · 490 leases | €600/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Vielha e Mijaran | €820/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Lleida | €1,277/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Vielha e Mijaran | €39,286/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.773/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 5 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.952/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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