Editing Aragon (section)

==Government and politics==

=== Current political organization ===
As an [[autonomous community]] of Spain, Aragon has an elected [[Aragonese Corts|regional parliament]] ({{langx|es|Cortes de Aragón}}, {{langx|an|Cortz d'Aragón}}, {{langx|ca|Corts d'Aragó}}) with 67 seats. It meets in the [[Aljafería]], a Moorish palace in the capital city, [[Zaragoza]]. The Parliament chooses a [[President of the Government of Aragon|President for the ''Diputación General de Aragón'']] or Aragon Government, for a four-year term. The current president (since July 2015) is [[Javier Lambán]] of the [[PSOE]]. Nationally, Aragon elects 13 Deputies and 14 Senators to the [[Cortes Generales]].

In addition to the Spanish political parties, there are a number of Aragonese parties, such as the [[Chunta Aragonesista]], a left-wing Aragonese nationalist party, and the [[Aragonese Party]], more conservative. Chunta Aragonesista had a seat in Spain's national [[Congress of Deputies]] from 2000 to 2008, while the centrist Aragonese Party has three national senators, who are in coalition with the ruling People's Party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senado.es/web/composicionorganizacion/gruposparlamentarios/composiciongruposparlamentarios/index.html |title=Cuadro resumen de Grupos Parlamentarios |work=[[Senado]] de España |access-date=14 March 2019 |language=es}}</ref>

In a 2011 regional government survey, 47.6% of the population wanted greater autonomy for Aragon, while 35.2% were satisfied with its current level of autonomy. A total of 6% wanted an end to autonomy and 3.2% wanted full independence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aragonhoy.aragon.es/index.php/mod.documentos/mem.detalleCompleto/id.6022 |title=Barómetro de Opinión de Invierno 2011 |work=Aragón Hoy |language=es |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=30 March 2011 |publisher=Dirección de Comunicación del Gobierno de Aragón |archive-date=2 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235044/http://aragonhoy.aragon.es/index.php/mod.documentos/mem.detalleCompleto/id.6022 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Territorial division===
[[File:AragonProvinces Outline Spain.png|thumb|Provinces of Aragon]]
Aragon is divided into three provinces from north to south, named after their capitals: [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]], [[Zaragoza (province)|Zaragoza]] and [[Province of Teruel|Teruel]]. The provinces are further divided into 33 [[Comarcas of Aragon|comarcas]], three of which are in more than one province. There are a total of 732 [[Municipalities of Spain|municipalities]] in the region.

===Historic===
{{main|List of Aragonese monarchs|List of Aragonese consorts|List of viceroys of Aragon}}

Aragon in the Middle Ages was the hub of the wider [[Crown of Aragon]]. The Crown was represented in the region from 1517 by a [[viceroy]].

In 1479, King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] married [[Isabella I of Castile]], a kingdom covering much of the rest of modern Spain. However, until the [[Nueva Planta decrees]] of 1707, Aragon maintained its own separate laws and institutions.