Comarques of Northern Catalonia explained

Northern Catalonia is traditionally divided into five historical comarques (counties).[1] [2] These counties formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until the territory was incorporated into France following the Treaty of the Pyrenees, with Cerdanya county split between Spain and France.[3] After the French Revolution, the current department of Pyrénées-Orientales was created, comprising the Northern Catalan counties along with part of the Occitan parçan of Fenouillèdes (Fenolhedés).[4]

Although this subdivision finds widespread use in Catalan culture and linguistics, as well as in Catalan-language works and sources in general,[5] [6] [7] [8] it has no administrative status (unlike in Southern Catalonia, where counties are fully official and administrative), as the French state officially subdivides the department into three arrondissements and 31 cantons.[9]

List of comarques

Location(in the department)CountyFrench nameCounty townCommunesArea
RossellóRoussillonPerpinyà951,498 km²
Alta CerdanyaHaute-CerdagneNone26539 km²
CapcirCapcirFormiguera26177 km²
ConflentConflentPrada de Conflent51882 km²
VallespirVallespirCeret18577 km²

Notes

  1. Web site: regió de Perpinyà enciclopedia.cat . 2024-10-17 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
  2. Brunet . Annabelle . 2009 . La situació de la cultura catalana a la Catalunya del Nord . Espai Despuig . 21-30.
  3. Web site: tractat dels Pirineus enciclopedia.cat . 2024-10-17 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
  4. Web site: 2021-01-04 . Els Països Catalans: Catalunya Nord . 2024-10-17 . Joan Becat . ca.
  5. Web site: ésAdir > Comarques de la Catalunya del Nord . 2024-10-17 . . ca.
  6. Web site: Catalunya del Nord - Llibre d'estil . 2024-10-17 . . ca.
  7. Web site: Puigdemont deixa Waterloo i es trasllada a viure a Catalunya Nord . 2024-10-17 . VilaWeb . ca.
  8. Web site: 324cat . 2023-08-15 . "No es facin il·lusions de trobar res": el foc del Rosselló arrasa un càmping i 8 cases . 2024-10-17 . 3Cat . ca.
  9. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664484 Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales

References

  1. Web site: regió de Perpinyà enciclopedia.cat . 2024-10-17 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
  2. Brunet . Annabelle . 2009 . La situació de la cultura catalana a la Catalunya del Nord . Espai Despuig . 21-30.
  3. Web site: tractat dels Pirineus enciclopedia.cat . 2024-10-17 . www.enciclopedia.cat.
  4. Web site: 2021-01-04 . Els Països Catalans: Catalunya Nord . 2024-10-17 . Joan Becat . ca.
  5. Web site: ésAdir > Comarques de la Catalunya del Nord . 2024-10-17 . . ca.
  6. Web site: Catalunya del Nord - Llibre d'estil . 2024-10-17 . . ca.
  7. Web site: Puigdemont deixa Waterloo i es trasllada a viure a Catalunya Nord . 2024-10-17 . VilaWeb . ca.
  8. Web site: 324cat . 2023-08-15 . "No es facin il·lusions de trobar res": el foc del Rosselló arrasa un càmping i 8 cases . 2024-10-17 . 3Cat . ca.
  9. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664484 Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales

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