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Comunitat Autònoma de Catalunya
In detail
Capital Barcelona
Official languages Spanish and Catalan
In Val d'Aran, also Aranese.
Area


 - total


 - % of Spain
Ranked 6th


32 114 km²


6,3%
Population


 - Total (2003)
 - % of Spain


 - Density
Ranked 2nd


6 506 440
15,6%


190,73/km²
DemonymA demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. The English language uses several strategies to create demonyms. The most common is to add a suffix to the end of the location's name. These include: an or


 - EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil
 - Catalan
 - Aranese
 - Spanish


Catalán
català/catalana
catalan/catalana
catalán/catalana

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Parliamentary
representation

  Congress seats
  Senate seats

 

46

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President Pasqual Maragall i Mira ( PSC)
Catalan Government Composition
Generalitat de Catalunya

Catalonia ( CatalanCatalunya, AraneseCatalonha, SpanishCataluña, FrenchCatalogne) is an Autonomous Region in the north-east of Spain. Historically, Catalonia included the comarques (sg: comarca) of Vallespir, Conflent, Fenolleda, Capcir, Alta Cerdanya and Rosselló, which following the Treaty of the Pyrenees became under French administration and nowadays form part of the département of Languedoc-Roussillon (66). These territories are commonly referred to as Catalunya Nord in Catalan.

The autonomous region of Catalonia covers an area of 31,950 km². with a population of 6.3 million, and its capital is Barcelona.





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