Lower Cerdanya
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Catalan comarca (county) in Alt Pirineu
Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Catalonia
- Province
- Lleida , Girona
- Region
- Alt Pirineu
- Named after
- Cerdanya
- Capital
- Puigcerdà
- Municipalities
- List Alp , Bellver de Cerdanya , Bolvir , Das , Fontanals de Cerdanya , Ger , Guils de Cerdanya , Isòvol , Lles de Cerdanya , Llívia , Meranges , Montellà i Martinet , Prats i Sansor , Prullans , Puigcerdà , Riu de Cerdanya , Urús
- Body
- Cerdanya Comarcal Council
- President
- Isidre Chia ( Junts )
- Total
- 546.6 km (211.0 sq mi)
- Density
- 33.05/km (85.59/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- cerdà ( m. ), cerdana ( f. )
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Largest municipality
- Puigcerdà
- Website
- https://www.cerdanya.cat
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cerdanya ( Catalan pronunciation: [səɾˈðaɲə]; Spanish: Baja Cerdaña, pronounced [ˈbaxa θeɾˈðaɲa]; French: Basse-Cerdagne, pronounced [bɑs sɛʁdaɲ, bas-]) is a comarca in northern Catalonia, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia, Cerdanya is divided between Catalan provinces of Girona and Lleida. Cerdanya's neighbouring comarques are Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès.
Cerdanya is in the "vegueria" of Alt Pirineu, according to "Vegueries of Catalonia law".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lower Cerdanya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.