Comarques o Catalonie
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This is a leet o the comarques (singular "comarca" Catalan pronunciation: [kuˈmarkə]) o Catalonie. A comarca is thereaboot equivalent tae a US "coonty" or a UK "destrict". Housomeivver, in the context o Catalonie, the term "county" can be a bit misleadin, acause in medieval Catalonie, the maist important rulers wur coonts, merkitly the Coonts o Barcelona an o Urgell. Comarques hisnae ony pairteecular relation tae the "coonties" that wis ruled bi coonts.
Leet o comarques
eeditComarca | Caipital | Population | Aurie (km²) |
---|---|---|---|
l'Alt Camp | Valls | 45,189 | 544.7 |
l'Alt Empordà | Figueres | 140,428 | 1,357.5 |
l'Alt Penedès | Vilafranca del Penedès | 105,670 | 592.4 |
l'Alt Urgell | La Seu d'Urgell | 22,008 | 1,446.9 |
l'Alta Ribagorça | Pont de Suert | 4,284 | 426.8 |
l'Anoia | Igualada | 118,509 | 866.6 |
el Bages | Manresa | 185,865 | 1,295.2 |
el Baix Camp | Reus | 191,947 | 695.3 |
el Baix Ebre | Tortosa | 82,634 | 987.9 |
el Baix Empordà | La Bisbal d'Empordà | 133,116 | 700.5 |
el Baix Llobregat | Sant Feliu de Llobregat | 803,705 | 486.5 |
el Baix Penedès | El Vendrell | 101,115 | 295.5 |
el Barcelonès | Barcelona | 2,246,280 | 143.1 |
el Berguedà | Berga | 41,540 | 1,182.5 |
la Cerdanya | Puigcerdà | 18,783 | 546.4 |
la Conca de Barberà | Montblanc | 21,290 | 648.9 |
el Garraf | Vilanova i la Geltrú | 146,469 | 184.1 |
les Garrigues | Les Borges Blanques | 20,306 | 799.7 |
la Garrotxa | Olot | 55,597 | 734.2 |
el Gironès | Girona | 182,916 | 575.5 |
el Maresme | Mataró | 434,897 | 396.9 |
el Montsià | Amposta | 72,261 | 708.7 |
la Noguera | Balaguer | 40,231 | 1,733.0 |
Osona | Vic | 154,204 | 1,263.8 |
el Pallars Jussà | Tremp | 14,374 | 1,290.0 |
el Pallars Sobirà | Sort | 7,548 | 1,355.2 |
el Pla de l'Estany | Banyoles | 31,169 | 262.7 |
el Pla d'Urgell | Mollerussa | 37,265 | 304.5 |
el Priorat | Falset | 10,087 | 496.2 |
la Ribera d'Ebre | Móra d'Ebre | 23,889 | 825.3 |
el Ripollès | Ripoll | 26,393 | 958.7 |
la Segarra | Cervera | 23,191 | 721.2 |
el Segrià | Lleida | 207,633 | 1,393.7 |
la Selva | Santa Coloma de Farners | 172,280 | 995.5 |
el Solsonès | Solsona | 13,808 | 998.6 |
el Tarragonès | Tarragona | 250,142 | 317.1 |
la Terra Alta | Gandesa | 12,847 | 740.0 |
l'Urgell | Tàrrega | 37,396 | 586.2 |
era Val d'Aran | Vielha e Mijaran | 10,192 | 620.5 |
el Vallès Occidental | Sabadell, Terrassa | 892,260 | 580.7 |
el Vallès Oriental | Granollers | 399,900 | 851.9 |
Comarcal reveesions
eeditThe follaein municipalities chyngit comarca in 1990, maistly follaein local referendums:
Historical comarques
eeditThare are some ither comarques which are often referred as historical comarques o Catalonie, acause their present territory wis pairt o the umwhile Principality o Catalonie, but they are no currently athin the Catalonie.
Comarca | Caipital | Current status |
---|---|---|
el Rosselló (Roussillon) | Perpinyà (Perpignan) | Northren Catalonie / Pairt o Fraunce |
l'Alta Cerdanya | Font-romeu (Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via) | Northren Catalonie / Pairt o Fraunce |
el Capcir | Els Angles (Les Angles) | Northren Catalonie / Pairt o Fraunce |
el Vallespir | Ceret (Céret) | Northren Catalonie / Pairt o Fraunce |
el Conflent | Prada de Conflent (Prades) | Northren Catalonie / Pairt o Fraunce |
Admeenistration an govrenment
eeditIn the Catalonie, the comarca exists as a local govrenment aurie, an haes a representative consell comarcal (comarcal cooncil).
See an aw
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- (in Catalan) The Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya is an excellent source of statistical information for Catalonia, down to the level of individual municipalities. It is also our source for which municipalities are in which comarca. Parts of the site are in English and Spanish, although most of it is in Catalan.
- (in Catalan) Comarcàlia - Information about the various comarques in a variety of languages, including English. Includes good maps down to the level of individual municipalities (or, as they choose to translate, "boroughs").
- (in Catalan) History of present comarcal division. Catalonia Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, La Franja Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine and Northern Catalonia Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine.