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Cerdanya (comarca)

Coordinates: 42°23′21″N 1°47′35″E / 42.38917°N 1.79306°E / 42.38917; 1.79306
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Cerdanya
Coat of arms of Cerdanya
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
Province Lleida
 Girona
RegionAlt Pirineu
CapitalPuigcerdà
Municipalities
Government
 • BodyCerdanya Comarcal Council
 • PresidentIsidre Chia (Junts)
Area
 • Total546.6 km2 (211.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total18,063
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Demonym(s)cerdà (m.)
cerdana (f.)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityPuigcerdà
Websitehttps://www.cerdanya.cat

Cerdanya (Catalan pronunciation: [səɾˈðaɲə]; Spanish: Baja Cerdaña, pronounced [ˈbaxa θeɾˈðaɲa]; French: Basse-Cerdagne, pronounced [bɑs sɛʁdaɲ, bas-]) is a comarca in northern Catalonia, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia, Cerdanya is divided between Catalan provinces of Girona and Lleida. Cerdanya's neighbouring comarques are Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès.

Cerdanya is in the "vegueria" of Alt Pirineu, according to "Vegueries of Catalonia law".

The area is sometimes called Baixa Cerdanya ([ˈbaʃə səɾˈðaɲə]; literally "Lower Cerdanya") to distinguish it from Alta Cerdanya ("Upper Cerdanya") which was ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, dividing the wider Cerdanya.

"Subcomarques" include la Batllia or petita Cerdanya, and el Baridà.

Llívia is a Catalan exclave in Cerdanya, completely surrounded by French territory.

Municipalities

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Municipality Province Population
(2014)[1]
Area
km2[1]
Alp Girona 1,661 44.3
Bellver de Cerdanya Lleida 2,075 98.2
Bolvir Girona 373 10.3
Das Girona 220 14.6
Fontanals de Cerdanya Girona 443 28.6
Ger Girona 432 33.4
Guils de Cerdanya Girona 536 22.0
Isòvol Girona 301 10.8
Lles de Cerdanya Lleida 260 102.8
Llívia Girona 1,536 12.9
Meranges Girona 94 37.3
Montellà i Martinet Lleida 623 55.0
Prats i Sansor Lleida 248 6.6
Prullans Lleida 209 21.2
Puigcerdà Girona 8,761 18.9
Riu de Cerdanya Lleida 106 12.3
Urús Girona 185 17.4
• Total: 17 18,063 546.6

References

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  1. ^ a b "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

Literature

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  • Peter Sahlins, Boundaries. The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1989). ISBN 0-520-07415-7
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42°23′21″N 1°47′35″E / 42.38917°N 1.79306°E / 42.38917; 1.79306