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'''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord''; in [[French language| | '''North Catalonia''' or '''Northern Catalonia''' (in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord''; in [[French language|French]] ''la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord''), also called historically '''the Counties''' (in Catalan ''els Comtats'', in French ''les Comtés''), 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. | ||
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North Catalonia or Northern Catalonia (in Catalan Catalunya Nord, la Catalunya del Nord; in French la Catalogne Nord, la Catalogne du Nord), also called historically the Counties (in Catalan els Comtats, in French les Comtés), 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.