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
Websitewww.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 ([ˈbaʃ 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.

Can be distinguished the "subcomarques" of la Batllia or petita Cerdanya, and el Baridà.

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

Municipalities

Municipality Province Population
(2014)[1]
Area
km2[1]
AlpGirona1,66144.3
Bellver de CerdanyaLleida2,07598.2
BolvirGirona37310.3
DasGirona22014.6
Fontanals de CerdanyaGirona44328.6
GerGirona43233.4
Guils de CerdanyaGirona53622.0
IsòvolGirona30110.8
Lles de CerdanyaLleida260102.8
LlíviaGirona1,53612.9
MerangesGirona9437.3
Montellà i MartinetLleida62355.0
Prats i SansorLleida2486.6
PrullansLleida20921.2
PuigcerdàGirona8,76118.9
Riu de CerdanyaLleida10612.3
UrúsGirona18517.4
• Total: 1718,063546.6

References

  1. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

Literature

  • 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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