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{{dablink|This article is about the Catalan countries. For other uses, see [[Catalonia (disambiguation)]].}}
{{dablink|This article is about the Catalan countries. For other uses, see [[Catalonia (disambiguation)]].}}


The '''Catalan countries''' (in Catalan: ''Països Catalans'', abbreviated to ''PPCC'') are a cultural region of south-west [[Europe]] where [[Catalan language|Catalan]] is the native language and where Catalan culture is autochtonous. They include approximately the following territories:
The '''Catalan countries''' (in Catalan: ''Països Catalans'', abbreviated to ''PPCC'') are a cultural territory of south-west [[Europe]] where [[Catalan language|Catalan]] is the native language and where Catalan culture is autochtonous. They include approximately the following territories:
* [[Northern Catalonia]], that is the department of the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], in southern [[France]], around [[Perpignan]]
* [[Northern Catalonia]], that is the department of the [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], in southern [[France]], around [[Perpignan]]
* [[Andorra]], a sovereign state.
* [[Andorra]], a sovereign state.

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The Catalan countries (in Catalan: Països Catalans, abbreviated to PPCC) are a cultural territory of south-west Europe where Catalan is the native language and where Catalan culture is autochtonous. They include approximately the following territories:

The exact definition of the Catalan countries varies according to the criteria followed:

  • According to strict linguistic criteria, some non-Catalan-speaking areas should not be included in the Catalan countries. These are the Occitan area of the Fenouillèdes in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Occitan area of Aran Valley in Catalonia and the peripherical Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community
  • However, according to administrative criteria, some Catalan activists think that those Occitan- and Spanish-speaking areas should be seen as parts of the Catalan countries, but not the enclave of Alghero which they consider too remote

Some Catalan activists wish to call the whole of the Catalan countries Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan).