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,[2] 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
edit| Location
(in the department) |
County | French name | County town | Communes | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rosselló | Roussillon | Perpinyà | 95 | 1,498 km² |
|
Alta Cerdanya[a] | Haute-Cerdagne | None[a] | 26 | 539 km² |
|
Capcir | Capcir | Formiguera | 26 | 177 km² |
|
Conflent | Conflent | Prada de Conflent | 51 | 882 km² |
|
Vallespir | Vallespir | Ceret | 18 | 577 km² |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Alta Cerdanya is the northern half of Cerdanya county, split off from Southern Catalonia, the other half being called Baixa Cerdanya. Its seat, Puigcerdà, is located on the other side of the border. An often-recognised capital for Alta Cerdanya itself is Montlluís, although some alternative divisions, such as the now-outdated alternative division proposed by the Nomenclàtor toponímic de la Catalunya del Nord, place this municipality in Conflent county instead.
References
edit- ^ "regió de Perpinyà | enciclopedia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ a b Brunet, Annabelle (2009). "La situació de la cultura catalana a la Catalunya del Nord". Espai Despuig: 21–30.
- ^ "tractat dels Pirineus | enciclopedia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "Els Països Catalans: Catalunya Nord". Joan Becat (in Catalan). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "ésAdir > Comarques de la Catalunya del Nord". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "Catalunya del Nord - Llibre d'estil". Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "Puigdemont deixa Waterloo i es trasllada a viure a Catalunya Nord". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ 324cat (2023-08-15). ""No es facin il·lusions de trobar res": el foc del Rosselló arrasa un càmping i 8 cases". 3Cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Décret n° 2014-262 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales