Galicia irredenta

Map of Galicia irredenta. In grey is Galicia proper and in yellow are the adjacent areas where Galician is spoken outside of it (from north to south: Eo-Navia in Asturias, El Bierzo in the province of León and As Portelas in the province of Zamora).

Galicia irredenta[1] ("unredeemed Galicia") and Galicia estremeira[2] ("outer/external Galicia"), also spelled as Galiza irredenta[3] and Galiza estremeira[4] and also known as Faixa Leste[5] or Franxa Leste[6] ("Eastern Strip"), are terms used to refer to the Galician-speaking parts of Asturias or Castile and León, in contrast to Galicia proper.[7][8] These territories are sometimes divided into three subregions: El Bierzo (O Bierzo in Galician), Eo-Navia and As Portelas (or Upper Sanabria, As Portelas or Alta Seabra in Galician).[9]

There have been several attempts from these territories to join Galicia. An example is Porto de Sanabria, a small village where, in 2018, a non-binding vote was organized on the village's annexation by Galicia due to a lack of response from the government of Castile and León to requests from locals to fix a road. In total, 202 people voted in favor, 19 against and 6 submitted blank votes.[10]

Another example was El Bierzo, a comarca where more people prefer to join Galicia than stay in Castile and León. One proposal there was for a new province to be created as part of Galicia.[11] The Galician Nationalist Bloc formally submitted the proposal to Galicia's parliament in 2021,[12] but it was rejected by the governing People's Party and opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "El PP plantea reformar la definición de la región para evitar peticiones de anexión". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 20 June 2006.
  2. ↑ Méndez Ferrín, Xosé Luís (22 April 2017). "Da freguesía administrativa en Galicia". Faro de Vigo (in Galician).
  3. ↑ "El BNG desiste de crear agrupaciones nacionalistas en el Occidente de Asturias". El Progreso de Lugo (in Spanish). 6 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Miragaia Doldán, Manuel (18 July 2016). "Por um galeguismo do século XXI: Assembleia Nacional Galega (ANG)". Galicia Confidencial.
  5. ↑ Banhos, Alexandre (2013). "O castelhano como blocador da normalidade do português na Galiza". Boletim da Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese). 6: 11–27.
  6. ↑ Gómez Bautista, Alberto (2004). "Algunhas notas sobre a lingua galega da Franxa Leste". Madrygal. Revista de Estudios Gallegos (in Galician). 7: 45–48. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Lugris, Igor (20 October 2006). "A Galiza irredenta tambén existe!". Galicia Hoxe (in Galician). Archived from the original on 2 September 2007.
  8. ↑ Baelo Álvarez, Manuel (15 December 2005). "La Galicia irredenta en el Bierzo". Diario de León (in Spanish).
  9. ↑ "Para cando un convenio que potencie o galego na histórica rexión galegofalante do Bierzo?". Galicia Confidencial (in Galician). 2 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Porto, el pueblo zamorano que votó en 'referéndum' anexionarse a Galicia". ABC (in Spanish). 28 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "A comarca do Bierzo aposta por se constituír como provincia, con preferencia por facelo uníndose a Galiza". Nós Diario (in Galician). 25 May 2020.
  12. ↑ "A reivindicación dun Bierzo integrado na Galiza chega ao Parlamento galego". Nós Diario (in Galician). 28 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Cabo, Natalia (14 April 2021). "PP y PSOE tumban la propuesta del BNG para reconocer El Bierzo como provincia e incorporarla a Galicia". El Plural (in Spanish).
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