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Encyclopedia > Baixa Cerdanya
Baixa Cerdanya

Other Catalan comarques
Province Girona/Lleida
Capital el Puigcerdà
Largest city el Puigcerdà
Demonym m. cerdà, f. cerdana
Population (2001) 14,158
Area 546.4 km2
Pop. density 25.9 hab/km2
Municipalities 17

Baixa Cerdanya is a comarca (county) in northern Catalonia, in the France and with the principality of Andorra. Within Catalonia, Baixa Cerdanya borders Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès. It was part of the historical territory of Cerdanya, divided by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).


Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdanya") is sometimes just called Cerdanya, because Alta Cerdanya ("Upper Cerdanya") is part of France, not part of Spain.


Llívia, in Baixa Cerdanya, is a Spanish enclave, completely surrounded by French territory.


Municipalities

Populations are for 2001.

  • Alp - pop. 1,219
  • Bellver de Cerdanya - pop. 1,614
  • Bolvir - pop. 267
  • Das - pop. 151
  • Fontanals de Cerdanya - pop. 406
  • Ger, Baixa Cerdanya - pop. 373
  • Guils de Cerdanya - pop. 331
  • Isòvol - pop. 189
  • Lles de Cerdanya - pop. 279
  • Llívia - pop. 1,006
  • Meranges - pop. 79
  • Montellà i Martinet - pop. 529
  • Prats i Sansor - pop. 210
  • Prullans - pop. 212
  • Puigcerdà - pop. 7,020
  • Riu de Cerdanya - pop. 75
  • Urús - pop. 198

External links

  • Official comarcal web site (http://www.cerdanya.org/)
  • IDESCAT: statistical information about Baixa Cerdanya (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=15&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)
  • Information about Baixa Cerdanya on the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=6&cod=8101540003)




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Baixa Cerdanya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (156 words)
Baixa Cerdanya is a comarca (county) in northern Catalonia, in the Pyrenees, along the border of Catalonia with France and with the principality of Andorra.
Baixa Cerdanya is the southern half of the historical territory of Cerdagne, divided by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) between France and Spain (Catalonia).
Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdagne") is sometimes just called Cerdanya because the other half of Cerdagne, French Cerdagne, which people in Catalonia call Alta Cerdanya ("High Cerdagne") is part of France, not part of Spain.
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