Northern Catalonia

Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia or French Catalonia is the Catalan-speaking and cultural territory ceded to by 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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Region with 483,000 residents
  • Description: territory ceded to France by Spain through the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659
  • Also known as: “French Catalonia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Anna dels Quatre Termes and Pic de l’Estelle.

Peak
Photo: Géodigital, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Jordiipa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Church
Photo: Meria z Geoian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baillestavy and La Bastide.

Village
is a commune in the department in southern .

Village
Photo: Meria z Geoian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in southern .

Village
Photo: Bec66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in southern .

Northern Catalonia

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
node 8000963556
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q15580
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Satellite Map

Discover Northern Catalonia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 Francesa”
  • 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: “Francouzské Katalánsko”
  • Czech: “Severní Katalánsko”
  • Danish: “Roussillon”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Katalonyay Zımey”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Katalonyaya Zımey”
  • Dutch: “Frans-Catalonië”
  • Dutch: “Nord-Catalonië”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Katalunio”
  • Estonian: “Roussillon”
  • Finnish: “Roussillon”
  • French: “Catalogne du Nord”
  • French: “Catalogne française”
  • French: “Catalogne nord”
  • French: “Catalogne Nord”
  • Galician: “Cataluña do Norte”
  • Galician: “Catalunya del Nord”
  • German: “Französisch-Katalonien”
  • German: “Nordkatalonien”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Καταλονία”
  • Hebrew: “צפון קטלוניה”
  • Hungarian: “Észak-Katalónia”
  • Hungarian: “Francia Katalónia”
  • Indonesian: “Katalonia Prancis”
  • Indonesian: “Katalonia Utara”
  • Italian: “Catalogna del Nord”
  • Italian: “Catalogna francese”
  • Japanese: “カタルーニャ北部”
  • Japanese: “ルシヨン”
  • Japanese: “北カタルーニャ”
  • Korean: “북카탈루냐”
  • Korean: “카탈루냐델노르트”
  • Kurdish: “Bakurê Katalonyayê”
  • 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 francesa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Catalonha Nòrd”
  • Persian: “کاتالونیای شمالی”
  • Polish: “Katalonia Północna”
  • Portuguese: “Rossilhão”
  • Romanian: “Catalonia de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Catalonia Franceză”
  • Russian: “Руссильон”
  • Russian: “Северная Каталония”
  • Sardinian: “Catalugna de su Norte”
  • Slovenian: “severna katalonščina”
  • Spanish: “Cataluña del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Cataluña francesa”
  • Swedish: “Roussillon”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна Каталонія”
  • Ukrainian: “Руссільйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Французька Каталонія”
  • Welsh: “Gogledd Catalwnia”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard-Kataloanje”

Localities in the Area

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