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Baixa Cerdanya

Baixa Cerdanya
Map of Catalonia with Baixa Cerdanya highlighted
Other Catalan comarques
ProvinceGirona/Lleida
Capitalel Puigcerdà
Largest cityel Puigcerdà
Demonymm. cerdà, f. cerdana
Population (2001)14,158
Area546.4 km2
Pop. density25.9 hab/km2
Municipalities17

Baixa Cerdanya is a comarca (county) in northern Catalonia, in the Pyrenees, along the border of Catalonia with France and with the principality of Andorra. Within Catalonia, Baixa Cerdanya borders Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès.

Baixa Cerdanya is the southern half of the historical territory of Cerdagne, divided by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) between France and Spain (Catalonia).

Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdagne") is sometimes just called Cerdanya because the other half of Cerdagne, French Cerdagne, which people in Catalonia call Alta Cerdanya ("High Cerdagne") is part of France, not part of Spain.

Llívia, in Baixa Cerdanya, is a Spanish enclave, completely surrounded by French territory.

Municipalities

Populations are for 2001.

  • Alp - pop. 1,219
  • Bellver de Cerdanya - pop. 1,614
  • Bolvir - pop. 267
  • Das - pop. 151
  • Fontanals de Cerdanya - pop. 406
  • Ger, Baixa Cerdanya - pop. 373
  • Guils de Cerdanya - pop. 331
  • Isòvol - pop. 189
  • Lles de Cerdanya - pop. 279
  • Llívia - pop. 1,006
  • Meranges - pop. 79
  • Montellà i Martinet - pop. 529
  • Prats i Sansor - pop. 210
  • Prullans - pop. 212
  • Puigcerdà - pop. 7,020
  • Riu de Cerdanya - pop. 75
  • Urús - pop. 198

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07-10-2008 09:35:13
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