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Territories of what is known as "Catalan Countries" (Països Catalans) are present in four different States: Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x1125, 110 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Catalan Countries ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Catalan grammar is the grammar of the Catalan language. ... // Diachronical Phonological Features in Relation to Latin Several characteristic features of Catalan as a Romance language: Like Occitan, loss of Latin final unstressed vowels, except -a; and then after some of the resulting consonantic groups a support vowel appears, e. ... The Institut dEstudis Catalans (IEC) is an academic institution. ... The Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (Valencian Academy of Language) is an institution created on September 16, 1998, which depends on the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana. ... The territory that now constitutes the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain, and the adjoining Catalan region of France, was first settled during the Middle Palaeolithic. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Transition to Democracy Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History... Coat of arms of the King of Aragon, 15th century. ... // The origins of the military force in Catalonia, soar to the 13th century, with the Sagramental, the fraternity among several villages to guarantee their own security, made through oath, due to this so called. ... // Origin: The Corts of Barcelona The Catalan constitutions were promulgated by the Corts of Barcelona (corts being the Catalan for courts). ... Furs of Valencia (Furs de València, in Catalan) were the laws of the Kingdom of Valencia during most of Middle Ages and Early modern Europe. ... The Treaty of the Pyrenees was a treaty signed in 1659 to end the war between France and Spain that had begun in 1635 during the Thirty Years War. ... The Nueva Planta decrees (Spanish:Decretos de Nueva Planta, Catalan: Decrets de Nova Planta) were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. ... Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1. ... Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; Spanish: Cataluña del Norte o Cataluña Transpirenaica; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name mainly used by the Catalan-speaking community to refer to the part of the historic Principality of Catalonia that came under French governance through the signing of... Language distribution in Aragon Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders Franja de Ponent (IPA: ; Catalan for Western Strip), Francha de Lebán (Aragonese for Eastern Strip), Franja de Aragón, or simply La Franja, refers to four comarques in the east of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, which... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighèra in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... Carxe is a city in Spain. ... The Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia ) is the institution in which the self-government of Catalonia is politically organised. ... Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian (Catalan) and Spanish (Castilian) Area  – total  – % of Spain Ranked 8th  23 255 km²  4,6% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 4th  4 326 708  10,3%  186,05/km² Demonym  – English  – Valencian  – Spanish  Valencian  valenci... National motto: Virtus Unita Fortior (Latin: Virtue united is stronger) Official language: Catalan Capital:  - Population:  - Coordinates: Andorra la Vella 22,035 (1990 est. ... The General Council of the Valleys (in Catalan, Consell General de les Valls) is the unicameral parliament of Andorra. ... This is the main article about the politic activity in Catalonia. ... Catalan nationalism, or Catalanism, is a political movement that advocates for an increased political autonomy of Catalonia, if not independence itself, from Spain and France. ... Blaverism (Valencian: blaverisme. ... For other uses, see Castell (disambiguation). ... Correfocs in Barcelona Catalonias festivals and traditions unify Catalan society and help to give it its particular character. ... Traditional Saragüells costume for the men. ... The sardana (Catalan plural sardanes) is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia. ... Parade of a Christian filà of Moros i Cristians festival in Alcoi (Alacant). ... A traditional Catalan caganer from the back. ... The Tió de Nadal (roughly Christmas log), also known as Tió or Tronca (log), is a mythological character in Catalan mythology relating to a Christmas tradition widespread in Catalonia. ... Catalan myths and legends are the traditional myths and legends of the Catalan-speaking world, especially Catalonia itself, passed down for generations as part of that regions popular culture. ... Catalan-language writers Gabriel Alomar Vicent Andrés Estellés Pere Calders Salvador Espriu i Castelló Joan Fuster Manuel de Pedrolo i Molina J.V. Foix Maria de la Pau Janer Joan Maragall i Gorina Miquel Martí i Pol Jesús Moncada Jesús Montcada i Estruga Quim Monzó Teresa... Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Riudoms or Reus, 25 June 1852 – Barcelona, 10 June 1926) – sometimes referred to by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudí – was a Spanish architect from Catalonia, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic... Modernisme in Catalan, (not to be confused with modernism) is the Catalan variant of Art Nouveau. ... The Renaixença was a late 19th century romantic revivalist movement in Catalan language and culture. ... Noucentisme (noucentista being its adjective) is a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme, both in art and ideology, and was, simultaneously, a perception of art almost opposite to that of avantgardists. ... Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domènech, Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a Spanish (Catalan) surrealist painter. ... Joan Miró photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, June, 1935 Joan Miró i Ferrà (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Catalonia, Spain. ... Antoni Tàpies (born in Barcelona, December 23, 1923) is a Catalan painter. ... Grafitti at Belfast. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 543 pixelsFull resolution (3228 × 2190 pixel, file size: 189 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
STATE	REGION
Spain	Catalonia  Valencia  Balearic Islands  Aragon (for Western Strip)  Murcia (for Carxe)
France	Roussillon
Italy	The city of L'Alguer
Andorra	Catalan is the official language

Grafitti at Belfast.

Grafitti Independència.

Grafitti at Argentona.

Grafitti at Vilassar de Mar.

The terms Catalan Countries (Catalan: Països Catalans) or Catalanofonia (quite similar, in the linguistic sense, to the French Francophonie, the Portuguese Lusofonia or the Spanish Hispanophone) includes all the territories where the Catalan language is spoken. This concept first appeared at the end of the 19th century and later was popularized by the Valencian writer Joan Fuster, in his book Nosaltres els valencians (We, the Valencians), in 1962. The Catalan Countries are divided in the following parts: Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Catalonia. ... Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Balearic_Islands. ... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Aragon. ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Language distribution in Aragon Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders Franja de Ponent (IPA: ; Catalan for Western Strip), Francha de Lebán (Aragonese for Eastern Strip), Franja de Aragón, or simply La Franja, refers to four comarques in the east of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, which... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Region_of_Murcia. ... Capital Murcia Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 9th  11 313 km²  2,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 10th  1 226 993  2,9%  108,46/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Murcian  murciano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 ISO 3166-2 MU Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate... Carxe is a city in Spain. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Catalonia. ... Coat of arms of Roussillon - see also senyera Flag of Roussillon Mount Canigó (Canigou) (2785m), a Catalan landmark Roussillon (French: Roussillon, pronounced ; Catalan: Rosselló, pronounced ) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrén... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Alghero-Stemma. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Andorra. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 527 pixel Image in higher resolution (2036 × 1342 pixel, file size: 497 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Catalan independentist mural in Republican district in Belfast File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 527 pixel Image in higher resolution (2036 × 1342 pixel, file size: 497 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Catalan independentist mural in Republican district in Belfast File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on... This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Argentona is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Vilassar de Mar is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Motto Égalité, Complémentarité, Solidarité Members and participants of La Francophonie. ... The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa or CPLP) is a multilateral forum for mutual friendship between the lusophone nations across the world where Portuguese is an official language. ...  Countries where Spanish has official status. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian (Catalan) and Castilian (Spanish) Area  â€“ total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Joan Fuster i Ortells Joan Fuster i Ortells ( Sueca, b. ... Nosaltres els valencians is a historical and political essay published in 1962 written by Joan Fuster i Ortells (1922-1992). ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• The former Principality of Catalonia, comprising:
  • The current Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya)
  • French Catalonia Northern Catalonia, located in southern France (Catalan: Catalunya Nord, often called Pays Catalan in French); it is more or less equivalent to the département of the Pyrénées-Orientales.
  • La Franja, a Catalan-speaking region in the Autonomous Community of Aragon.
• The former Kingdom of Majorca : the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears)
• The former Kingdom of Valencia: the Autonomous Community of Valencia (from the Valencian official name:Comunitat Valenciana, but this is unanimously called by Valencian and Catalan nationalists: País Valencià instead. See also Names of the Valencian Community).
• El Carxe, a Catalan-speaking region of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, in Spain.
• Andorra (geographically adjacent, linked by language, but also an apart co-principality since 13th century)
• The city of L'Alguer, in the Italian island of Sardinia, where Catalan is one of the official languages, along with Italian.

This territory does not coincide exactly with the places where Catalan is the native language. For example, in the north-western region of Catalonia known as Val d'Aran, a dialect of Occitan, Aranese, is spoken and considered the native language, although Spanish and Catalan are also spoken. In western and south-western areas of Valencia, Spanish is mainly spoken. This article is about the historic territory. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; Spanish: Cataluña del Norte o Cataluña Transpirenaica; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name mainly used by the Catalan-speaking community to refer to the part of the historic Principality of Catalonia that came under French governance through the signing of... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Pyrénées-Orientales (English: , Catalan: , Occitan: ) is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ... Language distribution in Aragon Map of Catalan Countries with current political borders Franja de Ponent (IPA: ; Catalan for Western Strip), Francha de Lebán (Aragonese for Eastern Strip), Franja de Aragón, or simply La Franja, refers to four comarques in the east of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, which... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Look up Region in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Majorca Kings Palace at Perpinyà The Kingdom of Majorca (also Kingdom of Mallorca) was created by James I of Aragon (Jaume I, The Conqueror) as a vassal kingdom of the Kingdom of Aragon. ... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1. ... History of Spain Series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History The Aragonese Empire was the regime... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... The names of the Valencian Community are diverse, even though Comunitat Valenciana (in English, Valencian Community) is the only denomination with official status in its Statute of Autonomy. ... now. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Look up Region in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... This article is about the Spanish city. ... Co-regency refers to the situation where a monarchial position (such as King, Queen, Emperor or Empress), normally held by only a single person, is held by two. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Val dAran, a small valley (620. ... Occitan, or langue doc is a Romance language characterized by its richness, variability, and by the intelligibility of its dialects. ... Aranese (Aranès or Aranais) is a dialect of Gascon (which is part of the Occitan language group of the Romance languages), spoken in Spain, where it is an official language. ... Native Language Music, founded in 1996 by musicians Joe Sherbanee and Theo Bishop, is an independent adult contemporary record company based in Southern California that produces, markets, and distributes premium jazz, world, and new age music. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ...

The term is politically charged, and tends to be closely associated with Catalan nationalism and Catalan independentism. The idea of uniting these territories in an independent state is supported by political parties or coalitions such as ERC, ERPV and CUP. Catalan nationalism, or Catalanism, is a political movement that advocates for an increased political autonomy of Catalonia, if not independence itself, from Spain and France. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Catalan nationalism. ... Logo of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) party. ... Republican Left of the Valencian Country (in Catalan: Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià) is a historical Valencian left national party founded on 1933 and refounded in September of 2000 by means of the union of the valencian federation of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya with the Front pel País... The Popular Unity Candidatures (Catalan: Candidatures dUnitat Popular) are left-wing independentist candidatures in the Catalan Countries which focus their task on municipalities. ...

Different meanings and controversy

Unofficial flag of the Catalan Countries. This flag is often waved by fans in Futbol Club Barcelona matches

When the term is used in a strictly cultural/linguistic sense —analogously to La Francophonie— rather than in a nationalistic one, places such as L'Alguer are usually included within this definition. In this cultural sense, the non-Catalan-speaking areas of Valencia are excluded; the Val d'Aran may or may not be excluded. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾsa), is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. ... La Francophonie (formally lOrganisation internationale de la Francophonie), a French language term coined in 1880 by French geographer Onésime Reclus, brother of Elisée Reclus, to designate the community of people and countries using French, is an international organisation of and governments. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... Alghero (LAlguer in Catalan and SAlighera in Sardinian), is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. ... Val dAran, a small valley (620. ...

The term is controversial because, on the one hand, some see the concept of the Catalan Countries as regional exceptionalism, counterposed to a centralizing Spanish and French national identity; and on the other hand, others see it as an attempt by a Catalonia proper centered nationalism to lay a hegemonic claim to Valencia, the Balearics, and the historically Catalan regions in southern France, whereas these three territories present a much less successful political Catalan nationalist sentiment than in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. For publications of this name, see also Nation (disambiguation) A nation is a community of people who live together in an area (or, more broadly, of their descendants who may now be dispersed); and who regard themselves, or are regarded by others, as sharing some common identity, to which certain...

In large areas included in the territories designated by some as "Catalan Countries", Catalan nationalist sentiment is uncommon or nonexistent. In the case of the Valencian Autonomous Community, Esquerra Repúblicana del País Valencià (ERPV) is the most relevant party explicitly supportive of the idea and, despite participating in elections in a number of Valencian cities, its representation is limited to two city councilors in the Sueca municipality; at the regional level, it has run twice (2003 and 2007) in the regional Parliament election, receiving less than 0.50% of the total votes^[1] (other minor political parties supportive of the concept have achieved so far lower results than ERPV). This is despite some of the major defenders or promoters of the "Catalan Countries" concept (such as Joan Fuster, Josep Guia or Vicent Partal) being born in the Valencian Autonomous Community (or indeed any given Catalan-speaking territory outside the present Autonomous Community of Catalonia). Capital Valencia Official language(s) Valencian and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 8th  23,255 km²  4. ... Republican Left of the Valencian Country (in Catalan: Esquerra Republicana del País Valencià) is a historical Valencian left national party founded on 1933 and refounded in September of 2000 by means of the union of the valencian federation of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya with the Front pel País... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Sueca (Valencian) Spanish name Sueca Administration Country Spain Autonomous Community Valencian Community Province Valencia Comarca Ribera Baixa Geography Land Area 92. ... Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian (Catalan) and Spanish (Castilian) Area  – total  – % of Spain Ranked 8th  23 255 km²  4,6% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 4th  4 326 708  10,3%  186,05/km² Demonym  – English  – Valencian  – Spanish  Valencian  valenci... Joan Fuster i Ortells Joan Fuster i Ortells ( Sueca, b. ... Josep Guia i Marín (Valencia, 1947) is a Valencian writer, Mathematics professor of University of Valencia and political activist within PSAN party. ... Vicent Partal during the broadcast of LInternauta program Vicent Partal (Bétera, 1960) is a Valencian journalist, founder and manager of Vilaweb. ...

The subject became very hot during the politically agitated Spanish Transition in the VAC, specially in Valencia City. The idea of an Autonomous Community was just one more possible scenario in territories like the Land of Valencia and so its later evolution was under much political scrutiny and debate. By the late 70s and early 80s, fearing what was seen as an annexation attempt from Catalonia, various local right wing politicians (originally from Unión de Centro Democrático and others which later on would gather in Unió Valenciana) fueled a violent Anti-Catalanist campaign against local supporters of the Catalan Countries idea, even including a handful of unsuccessful attacks with explosives against Joan Fuster and Manuel Sanchis i Guarner amongst others. The Spanish transition to democracy or new Bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Valencian) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Democratic Center Union is the name of two political parties in the Spanish-speaking world: Unión del Centro Democrático, UCeDé, an Argentinian neo-liberal party created in 1983 by Álvaro Alsogaray. ... Unio Valenciana (Valencian Union) is a Spanish conservative and regional political party for residents of the region of Valencia. ... Anti-Catalanism is the collective name given to various political attitudes in Spain. ...

See also political issue surrounding Valencian

For some, in order to avoid an hypothetical federation of Catalan-speaking Autonomous Communities, a clause forbidding this kind of federation amongst Autonomous Communities ^[2] was added during the writing of the new Spanish Constitution of 1978; those sources also claim this was motivated after military pressures. Valencian (valencià) is the historical, traditional, and official name used in the Valencian Community (Spain) to refer to the language spoken therein, also known as Catalan (català) in the Spanish Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands; in the country of Andorra; in the southern French region of... The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. ...

Given the preeminence of media in the 21st century, probably the most known project in this regard, if only vaguely related to the Catalan Countries, is the broadcasting of the Catalan TV3 (along with other Catalan television and radio channels in the Catalan Autonomous Community) throughout the Catalan-speaking area (except l'Alguer). This is due to a series of signal stations which repeat and extend the emissions beyond their normal range. In the case of the Balearics and Valencia, these stations were installed by two civic Catalan nationalist associations, Acció Cultural País Valencià ACPV and Obra Cultural Balear OCB. This has been a source of polemics, specially in the Valencian Community, since TV3 emissions were not legal in this territory according to the Spanish media regulations, thus, the regional government opposes this broadcasting, specially on the grounds that, reversely, Valencian Canal 9 can not be seen in Catalonia. Now it seems that a possible agreement with the Spanish government could allow complementary reception of all the Catalan-speaking television and radio channels between all three autonomous regions (IB3 in Mallorca and Canal 9 in Valencia). TV3 may mean: TV3 (Catalonia) TV3 (Ireland) TV3 (Malaysia) TV3 (Medford, USA) TV3 (New Zealand) TV3 (South Africa) TV3 (Viasat), Viasats flagship channel, with several European national channels, including: TV3 Denmark TV3 (Estonia) TV3 (Latvia) TV3 Lithuania TV3 (Norway) TV3 Slovenia TV3 (Sweden) TV3 (Marysville) See also: Lists of... OCB may refer to: OCB mode, a mode of operation for cryptographic block ciphers Organizational Citizenship Behavior, good behavior of individuals in organizations This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Canal 9 (or Canal Nou) is a Valencian television station. ... IB3 is a Spanish television channel available in the Balearic Islands. ...

History and evolution of the name. Alternate names

The Catalan Countries term was first documented in "Historia del Derecho en Cataluña, Mallorca y Valencia. Código de las Costumbres de Tortosa, I" (History of the Law in Catalonia, Mallorca and Valencia. Code of the Customs of Tortosa , I) written by the Valencian Law historian Bienvenido Oliver i Esteller. Soon, it became popular in Catalan Renaixença by the end of the 19th century as a synonym of "Catalan-speaking territories". This was further spread by the use of the term "Occitan Countries" from the Oficina de Relacions Meridionals (Office of Southern relationships) in Barcelona by 1933. The Renaixença was a late 19th century romantic revivalist movement in Catalan language and culture. ... Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν (syn) = plus and όνομα (onoma) = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ...

Another proposal which enjoyed some popularity during the Renaixença was "Pàtria llemosina" (Llemosine Motherland), proposed by Victor Balaguer as a federation of Catalan-speaking provinces; that was based on the formerly popular but wrong assumption that Catalan originated from the Occitan dialect of Limoges. Víctor Balaguer (1824—1901), Catalan Spanish politician and author, was born at Barcelona on December 11 1824, and was educated at the university of his native city. ... Occitan, or langue doc is a Romance language characterized by its richness, variability, and by the intelligibility of its dialects. ... This article is about the French commune. ...

Later on, Joan Fuster essays, "Nosaltres els valencians" (We, the Valencians) and "Qüestió de noms" (A matter of names), both published in 1962, helped to its popularization and previous unsuccessful proposals such as "Comunitat Catalànica" (Catalanic Community) or "Bacàvia" ^[3] (after Balearics-Catalonia-Valencia) faded away. Joan Fuster i Ortells Joan Fuster i Ortells ( Sueca, b. ... Catalanic, also called Qatalanit (קאטאלנית) or the more scholarly Judæo-Catalan, may have been a Jewish language, formerly spoken by the Jewish communities of northeastern Spain, especially in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. ...

See also Catalan language history

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See also

• Military history of Catalonia
• Muixeranga, proposed hymn for the Catalan Countries.
• Euskal Herria, a political-cultural concept covering the Basque areas of Spain and France.
• Nationalities in Spain

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References

• Pere Grau, "El panoccitanisme dels anys trenta: l’intent de construir un projecte comú entre Catalans i occitans". El contemporani, 14 (gener-maig 1998), p. 29-35.
• Francesc Pérez Moragón, "El valencianisme i el fet dels Països Catalans (1930-1936)", L'Espill, núm. 18 (tardor 1983), p. 57-82.
• Jordi Ventura, "Sobre els precedents del terme Països Catalans", dins Debat sobre els Països Catalans, Barcelona: Curial…, 1977. p.347-359.
• Enric Prat de la Riba, Greater Catalonia. (Online in Catalan)
• Joan Fuster, Qüestió de noms. (Online in Catalan)
• Josep Guia, "És molt senzill, digueu-li Catalunya", Llibres del segle. Col·lecció "Què us diré", 22. ISBN 978-84-920952-8-5 (Online in Catalan - PDF)

Foot notes and External links

1. ^ Results of elections to the Valencian regional Parliament 2003
2. ^ the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in English
3. ^ http://www.avl.gva.es/accessible/gabinet/premsa.asp?id=128

• "Catalan Countries" in the English version of the Catalan Hiperencyclopedia.
• Lletra. Catalan Literature Online
• The Spirit of Catalonia. 1946 book by Oxford Professor Dr. Josep Trueta