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This is a list of the comarques (singular "comarca") of Catalonia. A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US " county" or a UK " shire" or "county". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona and of Urgell. Comarques have no particular relation to the "counties" that were ruled by counts.The current division of Catalonia into comarques originates in an order of the semi-autonomous Catalan government under the Spanish Republic in 1936. It was superseded after the 1939 victory of Francisco Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War, but restored in 1987 by the re-established Generalitat de Catalunya, with minor revisions in 1988 (adding Pla de l'EstanyPla de l'Estany Other Catalan comarques Province Girona Capital Banyoles Largest city Banyoles Demonym Population ( 2001)24,347 Area262. density (2001)92. 7 hab/km2 Municipalities11 Pla de l'Estany is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. Its name means "plain, Pla d'UrgellPla d'Urgell (Flag) (Coat of Arms) Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Mollerussa Largest city Mollerussa Demonym Population ( 2002)30,934 Area304. density''nn hab/km2 Municipalities16 Pla d'Urgell is a comarca (county) in the interior of Cata and Alta RibagorçaAlta Ribagorca Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Pont de Suert Largest city Pont de Suert Demonym Population ( 2001)3,477 hab. 1 hab/km2 Municipalities3 Alta Ribagorca is one of the comarques of Catalonia. Its capital is Pont de Suert. Munic) and 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo, when some borders were adjusted.
See also lists of municipalitiesA municipality or general-purpose district (see also: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. Municipalities are not necessa for the CatalanCatalan Catal Valenci is a Romance language spoken by approximately 12 million people in a territory called the Catalan countries which spans portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of Catalan speakers are in Spain. Classificat provinceProvince is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries. In some countries an alternative term is used, such as state (in Australia and the United States), department (in France), or region (in Italy, where a province iss of BarcelonaThis is a list of the municipalities in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. See also a list of the comarques of Catalonia. Name Pop. 2002 Abrera8,823 Aguilar de Segarra215 Aiguafreda2,175 Alella8,796 Alpens277 L'Amet, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona.
Because the Catalan language has a relatively complex set of rules for the form of the definite article, and because (in Catalan) the names of comarques (except for Osona) typically take the definite article in any position except as the subject of a sentence, the following list indicates the appropriate form of the definite article for each comarca. Because Val d'Aran is an Aranese-speaking area, it is often written as "era Val d'Aran", using the Aranese definite article.
As of 2004 there is discussion of possibly further subdividing some of the comarques. [1]
| Comarca
| Capital
| Population
| Area (km2)
|
| l' Alt Camp
| Valls
| 35,635
| 544.7
|
| l' Alt Empordà
| Figueres
| 99,321
| 74
|
| l' Alt Penedès
| Vilafranca del Penedès
| 80,976
| 592.4
|
| l' Alt Urgell
| La Seu d'Urgell
| 19,105
| 1,446.9
|
| l' Alta Ribagorça
| Pont de Suert
| 3,477
| 426,8
|
| l' Anoia
| Igualada
| 93,529
| 866.6
|
| el Bages
| Manresa
| 155,112
| 1,295.2
|
| el Baix Camp
| Reus
| 145,675
| 695.3
|
| el Baix Ebre
| Tortosa
| 66,369
| 987.9
|
| el Baix Empordà
| La Bisbal d'Empordà
| 102,566
| 700.5
|
| el Baix Llobregat
| Sant Feliu de Llobregat
| 692,892
| 486.5
|
| el Baix Penedès
| El Vendrell
| 61,256
| 295.5
|
| la Baixa Cerdanya
| Puigcerdà
| 14,158
| 546.4
|
| el Barcelonès
| Barcelona
| 2,093,670
| 143.1
|
| el Berguedà
| Berga
| 37,995
| 1,182.5
|
| la Conca de Barberà
| Montblanc
| 18,766
| 648.9
|
| el Garraf
| Vilanova i la Geltrú
| 108,194
| 184.1
|
| les Garrigues
| Les Borges Blanques
| 18,999
| 799.7
|
| la Garrotxa
| Olot
| 47,747
| 734.2
|
| el Gironès
| Girona
| 136,543
| 575.5
|
| el Maresme
| Mataró
| 356,545
| 396.9
|
| el Montsià
| Amposta
| 57,550
| 708.7
|
| la Noguera
| Balaguer
| 34,744
| 1,733.0
|
| Osona
| Vic
| 129,543
| 1,263.8
|
| el Pallars Jussà
| Tremp
| 12,057
| 1,290.0
|
| el Pallars Sobirà
| Sort
| 6,174
| 1,355.2
|
| el Pla de l'Estany
| Banyoles
| 24.347
| 262.7
|
| el Pla d'Urgell
| Mollerussa
| 29,723
| 304.5
|
| el Priorat
| Falset
| 9,196
| 496.2
|
| la Ribera d'Ebre
| Mora d'Ebre
| 21,656
| 825.3
|
| el Ripollès
| Ripoll
| 25,744
| 958.7
|
| la Segarra
| Cervera
| 18,497
| 721.2
|
| el Segrià
| Lleida
| 166,090
| 1,393.7
|
| la Selva
| Santa Coloma de Farners
| 117,393
| 995.5
|
| el Solsonès
| Solsona
| 11,466
| 998.6
|
| el Tarragonès
| Tarragona
| 181,374
| 317.1
|
| la Terra Alta
| Gandesa
| 12,196
| 740.0
|
| l' Urgell
| Tàrrega
| 31,026
| 586.2
|
| era Val d'Aran
| Vielha
| 7,691
| 620.5
|
| el Vallès Occidental
| Sabadell, Terrassa
| 736,682
| 580.7
|
| el Vallès Oriental
| Granollers
| 321,431
| 851.9
|
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