Cerdanya (comarca)

Cerdanya is a comarca in northren Catalonie, north-eastren Spain, in the Pyrenees, on the border o Catalonie wi Fraunce an Andorrae. Athin Catalonie. Cerdanya is dividit atween Catalonie provinces o Lleida an Girona. Cerdanya's neebourin comarques are Alt Urgell, Berguedà, an Ripollès. Cerdanya is in the "vegueria" o Alt Pirineu (or Alto Pirineo), accordin tae "Vegueries o Catalonie law". The aurie is sometimes cried Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdanya") tae distinguish it from Alta Cerdanya ("Upper Cerdanya") which wis cedit tae Fraunce bi the Treaty o the Pyrenees in 1659. Can be distinguished the "subcomarques" or "subcomarcas" o la Batllia or petita Cerdanya, an el Baridà. Llívia in Cerdanya is a Spainyie exclave, completely surroondit bi French territory. Municipalities References Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2006-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Reference for populations of municipalities as of January 1, 2005. IDESCAT: statistical information about Baixa Cerdanya (in Catalan), reference for list of municipalities, surface area. Leeteratur Peter Sahlins, Boundaries. The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1989). ISBN 0-520-07415-7 Freemit airtins Offeecial comarcal wab steid Information about Baixa Cerdanya on the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) Archived 2004-08-14 at the Wayback Machine