Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. The people of Andorra are currently listed as having the highest human life expectancy in the world, at an average of 85 years at birth. Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe. Andorra
Catalan language Catalan (català or ) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencià (Valencian) and in the city of Alghero in the Italian island of Sardinia. Catalan_language
Pompeu Fabra Pompeu Fabra i Poch, (Barcelona 1868 - Prada de Conflent 1948) was a Catalan grammarian, the main author of the normative reform of contemporary Catalan language.Trained as a mechanical engineer, from a quite young age he dedicated himself to the study of the Catalan language. Pompeu_Fabra
Jacint Verdaguer Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (Folgueroles, May 17, 1845 - Vallvidrera, June 10, 1902) is one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature, a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença. The bishop Torras i Bages called him the Prince of the Catalan poets. He was also known as mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, because of his career as a priest. Jacint_Verdaguer
Cerdanya Cerdanya (; ; ) is a small region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain and which is historically one of the counties of Catalonia.Cerdanya has a land area of 1,086 km² (419 sq. miles), divided almost evenly between Spain (50.3%) and France (49.7%). Cerdanya
Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV, also known as Pedro or Pere (Balaguer5 September 1319 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (el Ceremonioso) or El del Punyalet ("the one of the little dagger"), was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica (as Peter I), King of Valencia (as Peter II), and Count of Barcelona (and the rest of the Principality of Catalonia as Peter III) from 1336 until his death. Peter_IV_of_Aragon
Jaime Balmes Jaume Llucià Balmes i Urpià (, ) (August 28, 1810 July 9, 1848), Spanish Catholic priest, eminent as a political writer and a philosopher, was born and died at Vic in Catalonia.Having attacked the regent Espartero and been exiled he founded and edited on his return the El Pensamiento de la Nación, a Catholic and conservative weekly; but his fame rests principally on El Protestantismo comparado con el Catolicismo en sus relaciones con la Civilización Europea (3 vols., Jaime_Balmes
Spanish peseta The peseta (ISO 4217 codecurrency of Spain between 1869 and 2002. Along with the French franc, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra (which had no national currency with legal tender). It was subdivided into 100 céntimos or, informally, 4 reales, but these subunits were completely out of circulation by the 1970s. Spanish_peseta
Roussillon Roussillon (, ; , pronounced ) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees). It may also refer to French Catalonia or Northern Catalonia, the latter term used particularly by the Catalan-speaking community. Roussillon
Catalan nationalism Catalan nationalism, or Catalanism (from Catalanisme in Catalan), is a political movement advocating for either further political autonomy or full independence of Catalonia.Intellectually, Catalanism departs from the unsuccessful attempts to establish a federal state in Spain in the context of the First Republic. Catalan_nationalism
Garrigues (comarca) For other uses, see Garrigues.Les Garrigues is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Les Borges Blanques. Its symbol (on the flag and shield in the right panel) is an olive branch, Les Garrigues being the center of olive cultivation (most of it without the necessity of irrigation) in all of Catalonia. Garrigues_(comarca)
Capcir Capcir is an historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca was Formiguera, and it borders the historical comarques of Conflent and Alta Cerdanya. Capcir is on a plateau, averaging 1500 meters above sea level, and allows passage between the high valleys of Aude and both the Spanish Cerdanya and French Cerdagne. Capcir
Conflent Conflent is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. In the Middle Ages it comprised the County of Conflent. The capital of this pays is Prades (), and it borders the pays of Capcir, Rosselló, Vallespir, Alta Cerdanya and Ripollès, and the Occitan-speaking pays of Fenolleda. Têt River () and its neighbourhoods between Rodès and Mont-Louis (). Conflent is dominated by the Canigou () mountain. Conflent
Vallespir Vallespir is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà, Garrotxa and Ripollès. It is in the Tech River valley. Vallespir
La Franja La Franja ("The Strip", more properly Franja de Aragón in Spanish; Franja d'Aragó or Franja de Ponent (Western Strip) in Catalan; and Francha d'Aragón or Francha de Lebán (Eastern Strip) in Aragonese) is a term that refers to the territory comprising the Catalan-speaking territories of Aragon bordering Catalonia (Spain). Usually La Franja is considered to be comprised by the municipalities of the following comarcas:Ribagorza, La Litera, Bajo Cinca, Bajo Aragon-Caspe, Bajo Aragon and Matarraña. La_Franja
Ferdinand I of Aragon Ferdinand I (Medina del Campo, Castile, 27 November 1380 of Antequera and also the Just or the Honest, was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412-1416). Regent of Castile (1406-1416). See Crown of Aragon.He was the younger son of king John I of Castile and Ferdinand_I_of_Aragon