A sculpture dedicated to the Aranese language stands in Vielha, in the Val d'Aran, Catalonia, Spain October 6, 2017. Picture taken October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent West
VIELHA, Spain (Reuters) - If Catalonia declares independence from Spain this week, one community in the region's mountainous north might declare independence from Catalonia.
Most people in the picturesque Aran Valley - a semi-autonomous community nestled among the Pyrenees - want to stay with Spain, and the area has the right to self-determination under a law passed in 2015 by the Catalan parliament.
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