The Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) is an academic institution. Its Philological Section promulgates official norms for the standard Catalan language. Its offices are in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 1004 Km2 Population density (2001) 15,764/Km2 Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, and Spains second-largest city (after Madrid). ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ...

The Institut d'Estudis Catalans (in Catalan, or Institute of Catalan Studies) was created on June 18, 1918 by Enric Prat de la Riba, first President of the Mancomunitat de Catalunya, an administrative institution, formed on 1913, within the creation and consolidation of a set of cultural and scientific institutions in order to give greater prestige to the language and the Catalan culture, like the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Institute of Catalan Studies), the Biblioteca de Catalunya (Library of Catalonia), the Escola Industrial (Industrial School), the Escola Superior de Belles Arts (Superior School of Fine Arts), the Escola Superior de Belles Arts (Superior School of High Commercial Studies) or the Escola del Treball (School of Labour). Prat de la Riba also created, the Escola de l'Administració Local (School of Local Administration), from where a body of Catalan civil servants had to appear. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Mancomunitat de Catalunya was an institution that grouped the four Catalan diputacions, (or province administrations) created the 6 April of 1914, while the process for its creation futile starts to the 1911. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

An important job of the Institute was to normalize the Catalan language and to promote the work of Pompeu Fabra, the main author of the normative reform of the contemporary language. Catalan (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Pompeu Fabra i Poch, (Barcelona 1868 - Prada de Conflent 1948) was a Catalan grammarian, the main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language. ...

Its current president is Salvador Giner, elected to this office for four years in June 2005.

External links

• Web site of the IEC
• On-line IEC Catalan dictionary