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'''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord''), also called historically '''the Counties''' (''els Comtats''), is the northernmost region of the [[Catalan Countries]] (or [[Catalan Countries|Catalonia]] in a wide sense). | '''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord''; in [[French language|Franche]] ''la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord''), also called historically '''the Counties''' (''els Comtats''), is the northernmost region of the [[Catalan Countries]] (or [[Catalan Countries|Catalonia]] in a wide sense). | ||
It belongs politically to [[France]], where it nearly matches with the department of the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], excepting the area of the Fenouillèdes. | It belongs politically to [[France]], where it nearly matches with the department of the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], excepting the area of the Fenouillèdes. | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 14 September 2011
North Catalonia or Northern Catalonia (in Catalan Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord; in Franche la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord), also called historically the Counties (els Comtats), is the northernmost region of the Catalan Countries (or Catalonia in a wide sense).
It belongs politically to France, where it nearly matches with the department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, excepting the area of the Fenouillèdes.
North Catalonia is not an administrative subdivision but a region defined by cultural and historical criteria.
Its main city is Perpignan.