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Encyclopedia > Fenolleda

Fenholeda, also Fenolhedès or Fenolhet (French: Fenouillèdes, Catalan: Fenolleda), is an Occitan comarca in the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Sant Paul de Fenolhet. Catalan (Català) or Valencian (Valencià) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra and co-official in several regions of Spain. ... Occitania refers to the lands where the Occitan language is spoken. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees, Catalan: Pirineus Orientals) is a département of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...


Fenolheda has been part of the former Kingdom of France since the Treaty of Corbeil (1258). In 1790, during the French Revolution and long after the Treaty of Pyrenees (1659), it was incorporated in the newly created département with the Northern Catalonian comarques. The borders of modern France closely align with those of the ancient territory of Gaul, inhabited by Celts known as Gauls. ... The Corbeil Treaty, is an agreement signed on 11th May 1258 in Corbeil (today Corbeil-Essonnes, in the region of Island of France) between Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period in the history of France. ... The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed in 1659 to end the war between France and Spain that had begun in 1635 during the Thirty Years War. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... ...


External links

  • Tourism information site
  • La Fenolleda Information and history in Catalan Encyclopaedia.


 
 

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