Comarques of Catalonia

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 (many of whom also held the Crown of Aragon) and of Urgell. Comarques have no particular relation to the "counties" that were ruled by counts.

Related Topics:
Catalonia - US - County - UK - Shire - Medieval - Count - Counts of Barcelona - Crown of Aragon - Of Urgell

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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 It was superseded after the 1939 victory of Francisco Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War, but restored in 1987 by the re-established Generalitat de Catalunya, with minor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'Estany, Pla d'Urgell and Alta Ribagorça) and 1990, when some borders were adjusted.

Related Topics:
1936 - 1939 - Francisco Franco - Spanish Civil War - 1987 - 1988 - Pla de l'Estany - Pla d'Urgell - Alta Ribagorça - 1990

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See also lists of municipalities for the Catalan provinces of Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona.

Related Topics:
Municipalities - Catalan - Province - Barcelona - Girona - Lleida - Tarragona

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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.

Related Topics:
Catalan language - Osona - Val d'Aran - Aranese

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As of 2004 there is discussion of possibly further subdividing some of the comarques. http://www.racocatala.com/articles/4867

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Other historical comarques:

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