Baixa Cerdanya - Definition

Baixa Cerdanya

Other Catalan comarques
Province	Girona/Lleida
Capital	el Puigcerdà
Largest city	el Puigcerdà
Demonym	m. cerdà, f. cerdana
Population (2001)	14,158
Area	546.4 km2
Pop. density	25.9 hab/km2
Municipalities	17

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. It was part of the historical territory of Cerdanya, divided by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).

Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdanya") is sometimes just called Cerdanya, because Alta Cerdanya ("Upper Cerdanya") 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

External links

• Official comarcal web site (http://www.cerdanya.org/)
• IDESCAT: statistical information about Baixa Cerdanya (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=15&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)
• Information about Baixa Cerdanya on the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=6&cod=8101540003)

Comarques of Catalonia
Alt Camp | Alt Empordà | Alt Penedès | Alt Urgell | Alta Ribagorça | Anoia | Bages | Baix Camp | Baix Ebre | Baix Empordà | Baix Llobregat | Baix Penedès | Baixa Cerdanya | Barcelonès | Berguedà | Conca de Barberà | Garraf | Garrigues | Garrotxa | Gironès | Maresme | Montsià | Noguera | Osona | Pallars Jussà | Pallars Sobirà | Pla de l'Estany | Pla d'Urgell | Priorat | Ribera d'Ebre | Ripollès | Segarra | Segrià | Selva | Solsonès | Tarragonès | Terra Alta | Urgell | Val d'Aran | Vallès Occidental | Vallès Oriental
Historical Comarques
North Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya | Capcir | Conflent | Rosselló | Vallespir