Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia or French Catalonia is the Catalan-speaking and cultural territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in exchange for France's effective renunciation to the protection over Catalonia in the context of the Reapers' War.- Type: Region with 483,000 residents
- Description: territory ceded to France by Spain through the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659
- Also known as: “Bakurê Katalonyayê”, “Catalogna francese”, “Catalogne française”, “Catalonha francesa”, “Catalonia Franceză”, “Cataluña francesa”, “Catalunya Francesa”, “Francia Katalónia”, “Francouzské Katalánsko”, “Frans-Catalonië”, “Französisch-Katalonien”, “French Catalonia”, “Katalonia Prancis”, “North Catalonia”, “Руссильон”, “Французька Каталонія”, “カタルーニャ北部”, and “北カタルーニャ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Santa Anna dels Quatre Termes and Pic de l’Estelle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baillestavy and La Bastide.
Baillestavy
Village
Baillestavy is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
La Bastide
Village
Northern Catalonia
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity, cultural region, and locality
- Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.5543° or 42° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
2.5464° or 2° 32′ 47″ east
Population
483,000
Open location code
8FJ4HG3W+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Northern Catalonia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روسيون”
- Arabic: “كتالونيا الشمالية”
- Aragonese: “Catalunya d’o Norte”
- Aragonese: “Rosellón”
- Arpitan: “Catalogne de Bise”
- Arpitan: “Catalogne du Nord”
- Basque: “Ipar Katalunia”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Каталонія”
- Breton: “Katalonia an Norzh”
- Bulgarian: “Русийон”
- Catalan: “Catalunya del Nord”
- Catalan: “Catalunya Nord”
- Central Kurdish: “باکووری کەتەلۆنیا”
- Chinese: “北加泰罗尼亚”
- Chinese: “北加泰隆尼亞”
- Croatian: “Sjeverna Katalonija”
- Czech: “Severní Katalánsko”
- Danish: “Roussillon”
- Dimli (individual language): “Katalonyay Zımey”
- Dimli (individual language): “Katalonyaya Zımey”
- Dutch: “Nord-Catalonië”
- Esperanto: “Nord-Katalunio”
- Estonian: “Roussillon”
- Finnish: “Roussillon”
- French: “Catalogne nord”
- French: “Catalogne Nord”
- Galician: “Cataluña do Norte”
- German: “Nordkatalonien”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Καταλονία”
- Hebrew: “צפון קטלוניה”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Katalónia”
- Indonesian: “Katalonia Utara”
- Italian: “Catalogna del Nord”
- Japanese: “ルシヨン”
- Korean: “북카탈루냐”
- Korean: “카탈루냐델노르트”
- Kurdish: “Bakurê Ketelonyayê”
- Latin: “Catalonia Francogallica”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļkatalonija”
- Lombard: “Catalogna del Nord”
- Manx: “Yn Chataloan Hwoaie”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Catalonia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roussillon”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Catalonia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Catalonha del Nòrd”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Catalonha Nòrd”
- Persian: “کاتالونیای شمالی”
- Polish: “Katalonia Północna”
- Portuguese: “Rossilhão”
- Romanian: “Catalonia de Nord”
- Russian: “Северная Каталония”
- Sardinian: “Catalugna de su Norte”
- Slovenian: “severna katalonščina”
- Spanish: “Cataluña del Norte”
- Swedish: “Roussillon”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Каталонія”
- Ukrainian: “Руссільйон”
- Urdu: “شمالی کاتالونیا”
- Welsh: “Gogledd Catalwnia”
- Western Frisian: “Noard-Kataloanje”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ancienne mine de fer de Rabouillèdes and Cortal Riu Roig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fours à minerai and Anc. carrière.
Pyrénées-Orientales: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Perpignan and Céret.
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