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'''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' or historically '''the Counties''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord, els Comtats''; in [[French language|French]] ''la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord, les Comtés'') | '''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' or historically '''the Counties''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord, els Comtats''; in [[French language|French]] ''la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord, les Comtés'') is the northernmost region of the [[Catalan Countries]] (or [[Catalan Countries|Catalonia]]). | ||
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 17:26, 14 September 2011
North Catalonia or Northern Catalonia or historically the Counties (in Catalan Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord, els Comtats; in French la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord, les Comtés) is the northernmost region of the Catalan Countries (or Catalonia).
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.