Catalans

Also known as Catalonians, Catalan people

Catalans (Catalan, French and Occitan: catalans; ; ; or ) are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan. The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia, a nationality and autonomous community in Spain and the inhabitants of the Roussillon historical region in Southern France, today the Pyrénées Orientales department, also called Northern Catalonia and Pays Catalan in French.

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Catalans are a Romance-speaking ethnic group native to Catalonia who speak the Catalan language, primarily living in Catalonia (an autonomous community in Spain) and in the Roussillon region of Southern France. They matter as a distinct cultural and linguistic community with their own historical identity spanning across two modern nation-states.

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Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Catalans
Ethnic group.population: c. 9 million center|frameless
Ethnic group.region1: (people born in of any ethnicity; excludes ethnic Catalans in other regions in Spain)
Ethnic group.pop1: 8,005,784 (2023)
Ethnic group.ref1: [https://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=ep
Ethnic group.title: Estimacions de població] , Statistical Institute of Catalonia, 19 February 2024.
Ethnic group.region2: (people born in Pyrénées-Orientales)
Ethnic group.pop2: 491,000 (2023)
Ethnic group.region3: (estimates vary)
Ethnic group.pop3: 188,000
Ethnic group.pop4: 63,000
Ethnic group.pop5: 43,000 (2020)
Ethnic group.pop6: 39,000
Ethnic group.pop8: 16,555 (2024)
Ethnic group.pop9: 16,000
Ethnic group.pop10: 11,787
Ethnic group.pop11: 6,200
Ethnic group.pop12: 6,100

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Commons category: People of Catalonia

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Contents

Historical background
Geography
Culture and society
Language
Traditional clothes
Cuisine
Traditional diet
Traditional dishes
Music
Religion
Social conditions
Celebrations
Symbolism
See also
Notes
References
Sources
External links

Some authors also extend the word "Catalans" to include all people from all the areas where Catalan is spoken, namely those from Andorra, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, eastern Aragon, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia.