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  Baixa Cerdanya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Baixa Cerdanya is the southern half of the historical territory of Cerdagne, divided by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) between France and Spain (Catalonia).
Baixa Cerdanya (literally "Lower Cerdagne") is sometimes just called Cerdanya because the other half of Cerdagne, French Cerdagne, which people in Catalonia call Alta Cerdanya ("High Cerdagne") is part of France, not part of Spain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baixa_Cerdanya   (156 words)

  
 cerdanya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cerdanya (French Cerdagne) is one of the historical Catalan counties, collindant with the county of Urgell and the county of Besalú.
Historical Cerdanya is now split between the Spanish provinces of Lleida and Girona and the French department of Pyrenees-Orientales.
The French Cerdanya surrounds the Spanish enclave of Llívia.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /cerdanya.html   (155 words)

  
 Cerdagne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cerdagne (Catalan: Cerdanya; French: Cerdagne; Spanish: Cerdaña) is a small region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain and which is historically one of the counties of Catalonia.
Today, the Spanish side of Cerdagne is a Catalan comarca known as Baixa Cerdanya (i.e.
Its main towns are Bourg-Madame and the ski resort of Font-Romeu.
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 French Cerdagne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
French Cerdagne is the northern half of Cerdagne that became French at the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, while the southern half remained Spanish (part of Catalonia).
People in Catalonia often refer to French Cerdagne as Alta Cerdanya (i.e.
French Cerdagne has no particular status inside France, being just an area inside the département of Pyrénées-Orientales, contrary to the Spanish part of Cerdagne which is officially a Catalan comarca called Baixa Cerdanya (i.e.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alta_Cerdanya   (244 words)

  
 Caminada de Llívia a Puigcerdà   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A walk from Llívia, a corner of Baixa Cerdanya within the French Cerdagne, to Puigcerdà; through the small French village of Ur.
In Plaça de Santa Maria you can see the Gothic belfry of the church that was destroyed in 1936 during the Civil War, In Plaça Major you can see the magnificent mansions of the Descatllars and the Cadells.
In the summer it is advisable to avoid the time when the sun is strongest.
www.gencat.net /probert/rutes/arr747.htm   (343 words)

  
 Baixa Cerdanya -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Baixa Cerdanya -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Within Catalonia, Baixa Cerdanya borders (Click link for more info and facts about Alt Urgell) Alt Urgell, (Click link for more info and facts about Berguedà) Berguedà, and (Click link for more info and facts about Ripollès) Ripollès.
(Click link for more info and facts about Llívia) Llívia, in Baixa Cerdanya, is a Spanish (An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it) enclave, completely surrounded by French territory.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/baixa_cerdanya.htm   (280 words)

  
 Treaty_of_the_Pyrenees
However, the treaty only stipulated that all villages north of the Pyrenees should become part of France.
For that reason there is an enclave of Spain in this part of France, the town of Llívia - considered a town and not a village - which is still under Spanish control and is in the comarca of Baixa Cerdanya, Spanish province of Girona.
The treaty also arranged for a marriage between Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Austria, the daughter of Philip IV of Spain.
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Treaty_of_the_Pyrenees   (332 words)

  
 LLEIDATUR · BENVINGUTS
Over two hundred extras take part in a magnificient perfomance of the Passion.
·"Aplec de la Font del Talló" - Talló (La Baixa Cerdanya).
This event takes place to celebrate the finding of the Virgin; the climax is the dance performed near the chapel of La Font del Talló, where "caramelles" are sung.
www.lleidatur.com /ing/cultura6.html   (1208 words)

  
 Cal Zet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Located in the La Baixa Cerdanya region, in the centre of the village of Montella del Cadí (address: calle Major 17), 2.5 km from Martinet (on the N-260 la Seu to Puigcerdà highway).
It offers magnificent views and the total peace and quiet of a village of less than one hundred permanent inhabitants.
Telephone- Fax: 973 351 613 / 973 515 105
www.agroturisme.org /novaA/calzet.htm   (212 words)

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