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{{Short description|Town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, Spain}}
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'''Benasque''' ({{IPA|es|beˈnaske|lang}}; in [[Benasquese dialect]]: ''Benás''; {{langx|an|Benás}})<ref>As shown in the {{Cite web |url=http://benasque.aragob.es:443/cgi-bin/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=167404590505 |title=Legislative Decree 2/2006 of 27 December of the Government of Aragon, BOA 149, 17239 |access-date=2016-08-07 |archive-date=2009-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423002723/http://benasque.aragob.es:443/cgi-bin/BRSCGI?CMD=VEROBJ&MLKOB=167404590505 |url-status=bot: unknown }}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=20323&voz_id_origen=4184 |title=Toponyms: towns with local name in Aragonese in Great Aragonese Encyclopedia |access-date=2016-08-07 |archive-date=2012-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111103202/http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=20323&voz_id_origen=4184 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{IPA|an|beˈnas|local}}) is a town in the [[Comarcas of Aragon|comarca]] of [[Ribagorza (comarca)|Ribagorza]], province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]], [[Spain]]. It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the [[Pyrenees]] and surrounded by the highest peaks in that range.

== Climate ==
The climate is of a high mountain type, with cool summers, and cold winters and frequent snow. Its average annual temperature is 9.4 degrees Celsius (at 1138 meters above sea level).

== Language ==
{{Main|Benasquese dialect}} 
[[File:Benas - que sticker 02.JPG|thumb|right|200px|A sticker in Benasque, saying "Benas ¿que?", meaning "Benas what?". "Benasque" is the Spanish name of the town, while the name in the local dialect is "Benás".]] 
The regional language of Benasque is a [[Catalan language|Catalan]]–[[Aragonese language|Aragonese]] transitional dialect that shares features with [[Gascon language|Gascon]] ([[Occitan language|Occitan]]). It is usually called ''patués'' ("[[patois]]") by its native speakers. Possessing features that are transitional between Aragonese and Catalan, it has sometimes been classified as a variety of Catalan.

To promote the local language, the local council has held an annual writing and poetry competition in ''patués'' since 1999. Separate awards are given to young and adult authors.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Benasque desde Los Tres Barrancos 01.jpg|Benasque seen from the northwest (winter 2019)
File:Benasque (Huesca).jpg|Benasque: Avenida del los Tilos
File:20080825-Benasque Torre de los Infanzones.jpg|Torre de los Infanzones (Casa Juste)
File:Iglesia de Benasque.jpg|The church ''Santa María (la Mayor)''
File:Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual 2015.jpg|Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual
File:Benasque - Ésera - Puente 01.jpg|[[Ésera]] in Benasque
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.benasque.net Benasque Guide]
* [http://www.cerler.es Benasque Guide]
* [http://benasque.org Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual]
* [http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=2147&voz_id_origen=10824 Benasqués] - an article about the culture and the language of Benasque in ''Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa OnLine'' {{in lang|es}}

==See also==
*[[Benasque and Ballabriga rolls]]

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{{Municipalities in Huesca}}
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[[Category:Municipalities in the Province of Huesca]]
[[Category:Pyrenees]]


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