title: Tamarite de Litera
text: # Tamarite de Litera
  
  Tamarite de Litera, Catalan: Tamarit de Llitera, is the first major town of the comarca of La Litera in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 14,926 inhabitants. It is the capital of the comarca of La Litera.
  
  ## Villages
  
  * Tamarite de Litera.
  * Algayón.
  * La Melusa.
  
  ## History
  
  The town was reconquered from the Moors by Alfonso I of Aragon in 1107.
  
  ## Famous natives
  
  * Fernando Aranda, former motorcycle champion.
  * Dolores Cabrera y Heredia
  