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	Catalonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is a region and Spanish autonomous region (Comunidad autónoma) in the north-east of the Spanish state.
		Catalonia constitutes the original nucleus and the most important and extensive territory of Catalan language and culture, but the norm in Catalonia is Catalan-Castilian bilingualism, and this is one of the first things the visitor notices upon entering the territory.
		The Spanish autonomous comunity of Catalonia borders on Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/catalonia.html (1250 words)

	Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Catalonia was officially recognised as a 'nationality' in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy enacted in 1979 pursuant to the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
		Catalonia is the original heartland of Catalan, and remains the most important and largest territory where the language is spoken.
		The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia borders on Comunidad Valenciana to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catalonia (2436 words)

	Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, Aranese: Catalonha, French: Catalogne) is an Autonomous Community of Spain, in the north-east corner of the country.
		The Generalitat is the institution of self-government in Catalonia.
		The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia borders on Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Catalonia (3245 words)

	Catalonia - Simple English Wikipedia
		Catalonia is a region in the north-east of Spain.
		The north of Catalonia is less hot than the rest of Spain and has more hills and trees.
		On the north of the region is the border with France.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catalonia (213 words)

	Catalonia Article, Catalonia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia constitutes the original nucleus and the most important and extensive territory of Catalan language and culture, but the norm in Catalonia is Catalan- Spanish bilingualism, and this is one of the first things a visitor will notice upon entering theterritory.
		The Spanish autonomous comunity of Catalonia borders on Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to thenorth, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
		The anthem of Catalonia is " ElsSegadors " (The Reapers).
	www.anoca.org /catalan/spanish/catalonia.html (1285 words)

	CDC
		Catalonia is a small, diverse, historic country in Europe, in the northeast of the Iberian peninsula, covering a surface area of 32,000 sq.
		Expansion took it to Occitania, as far as Provence to the north, Aragon to the west, the Balearic Islands, Sardinia and Corsica to the east and Valencia to the south, and further, to Sicily, Naples, North Africa and the East.
		Catalonia was the driving force behind the federal and democratic system, and its medieval institutions were the forerunners of modern democracies.
	members.aol.com /minoritas/cataluna.htm (1030 words)

	Catalonia - Wikitravel
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya) is an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain.
		It borders France and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, the Valencian region to the south and the Aragon region to the west.
		Catalonia is an autonomous region within Spain, and in fact has an older history as the independent kingdom of Aragon which in some ways historically predates Spain itself.
	wikitravel.org /en/Catalonia (1494 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catalonia
		Thus Catalonia is bounded on the north by France (the ancient province of Roussillon) and the little independent republic of Andorra, on the west by Aragon, on the south-west by Valencia, and on the east by the Mediterranean.
		Catalonia was the first region of Spain to rise against the Napoleonic tyranny, and overthrew the French in 1808.
		The principality of Catalonia forms the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, the archiepiscopal see of which is, according to tradition, one of the most ancient in Spain, dating from the first century of Christianity.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03428a.htm (1687 words)

	Catalonia Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya ; Spanish: Cataluña ; Aranese: Catalonha ; French: Catalogne) is a territory in southern Europe, situated in the north-east of Spain.
		The marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1469) joints Christian Crowns; in 1492, the last of al-Andalus was conquered and the Spanish conquest of the Americas began.
		North Catalonia lost all recognition as it became part of the "une et indivisible" (one and undividable) French nation.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Catalonia (1391 words)

	Northern Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name mainly used by Catalan-speaking community to refer the part of the historic Principality of Catalonia that is part of the state of France since the Treaty of the Pyrenees signed in 1659 between France and Spain.
		Northern Catalonia is one of the catalan-speaking teritories designed by the cultural term of Catalan Countries.
		The Catalan language is estimated to be spoken by more than a quarter of the population and understood by over 40%, but it doesn't have the status of official language.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=North_Catalonia (181 words)

	Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia is in the north-eastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean coast.
		Catalonia's economic prospects are bright and its anticipated GDP growth is above the EU average.
		Catalonia's present structure of political power was defined basically by the 1979 Statute of Autonomy and the political institutions of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
	users3.ev1.net /~raulisandy/Catalunya/Catalunya.htm (1188 words)

	Catalonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is the core region of the area where Catalan is spoken, delimited by the Spanish autonomous region (comunitat autònoma) of the same name in the north-east of the Spanish state.
		The neighbouring Valencia region (Catalan: València), the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears), Andorra, and an adjacent area of Aragon (informally referred to as la Franja de Ponent) are closely associated with Catalonia historically and linguistically.
		The Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia limits with Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast.
	usapedia.com /c/catalonia.html (620 words)

	Meractor Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Principality of Catalonia is divided by the international boundary between France and Spain, which splits it into two parts, the Autonomous Community of Catalonia (Comunitat Autònoma de Catalunya) and North Catalonia (Catalunya Nord).
		North Catalonia is within the French State, and the number of Catalan speakers is falling there.
		In the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, the four radio stations which form part of CCRTV- Catalunya Ràdio, Catalunya Música, Catalunya Informació and Ràdio Associació de Catalunya*- broadcast entirely in Catalan, as does Radio 4, which is part of the public body Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE).
	www.aber.ac.uk /~merwww/english/lang/catalan.htm (696 words)

	Catalonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Aranese: Catalonha, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is an Autonomous Region in the north-east of Spain.
		The Generalitat is the government of Catalonia, comprising its legislative and executive branches.
		Catalan is the official language of Catalonia, as laid down in the Catalan Statute of Autonomy, in addition to Spanish, which is official in all of Spain as mandated by the 1978 Spanish Constitution.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ca/Catalonia.htm (1720 words)

	Catalog'04: Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialog
		Catalonia (Catalunya, in Catalan) covers approximately 32,000 km² on the north-east of the Iberian peninsula with a population of approximately seven million people.
		Catalonia offers many attractions to the tourist: mountain walking and mountaneering, skiing, white water rafting, beaches, boating, nature, and history (castles, monasteries, old towns and city centers).
		Catalonia has two official languages --Catalan and Spanish-- both evolved directly from Latin but quite different from one another, especially when spoken (written Catalan is easier to understand if one reads Spanish and/or French).
	www.upf.es /dtf/personal/enricvallduvi/catalog04/localinfo.htm (397 words)

	Roussillon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		It is also called French Catalonia, but only a minority (40%) of its inhabitants now speak Catalan and only 60% understand the language.
		The former province derived its name from a small fortified place near Perpignan called Ruscino (Rosceliona, Castel Rossello), where the chieftains of Gaul met to consider Hannibal's request for a conference.
		In 792 the Saracens again invaded France, but were repulsed by Louis, King of Aquitaine, whose rule extended over all Catalonia as far as Barcelona.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/North_Catalonia (966 words)

	Indymedia UK - Catalan Countries' fight, forward to freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Principality of Catalonia, the Valencian Country, and the Balearic Islands form the Catalan Countries, where you are now - territories under the Spanish state administration -, and the North of Catalonia - in the French state.
		Catalonia fights against the expansionist ambitions of France and the Castilian centralism and its presence in our country that was being used as an operations base.
		The war leads to the defeat of Catalonia and the signature of the Pyrenees Treaty (1659), according to which the territories of Rosselló, Conflent, Vallespir and Alta Cerdanya are conceded to France.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2005/02/305622.html (1962 words)

	Languedoc-Roussillon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		All of these pays (in Catalonia, on the other side of the border, a pays is known as a comarca) are together known as the "province of Roussillon", owning its name to the largest and most populous of the five pays.
		The correct name should be "province of Roussillon and adjacent lands of Cerdagne", which is the name that was used after the area became French in 1659, based on the historical division of the five pays between the county of Roussillon (Roussillon and Vallespir) and the county of Cerdagne (Cerdagne, Capcir, and Conflent).
		The flag of the région, which displayed the Occitan cross of Languedoc as well as the stripes of Catalonia (Roussillon), was changed for a new nondescript flag with no reference to the old provinces, except in terms of the colors (red and yellow), which are the colors of both Languedoc and Catalonia.
	www.startrekconvention.com /search.php?title=Languedoc-Roussillon (692 words)

	Catalogne-nord.com - Art and the Artists
		Catalonia in its entirety is one of the active sources of Roman Art in Europe.
		This art was prevalent from the year 1000 AD until around 1300 AD, in an identical style north and south of the Pyrénées and was usually the anonymous work of travelling artisans.
		Gothic Art, represented in Catalonia at the beginning of the 14th Century, displays itself in Perpignan in the Cathedral St Jean and the fortress-like Palace of the Kings of Majorca, and in the churches La Real and St Jaume.
	www.catalunya-nord.com /ang/artandtheartists1.htm (409 words)

	Val d'Aran - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		) is a comarca (county) in the northwestern part of Catalonia, which is an autonomous region of Spain.
		Most of the valley constitutes the only Catalan territory on the north face of the Pyrenees, hence the only part of Catalonia whose waters drain into the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Val d'Aran borders on the North with France, with Aragón on the west and with the Catalan comarques of Alta Ribagorça to the south and Pallars Sobirà to the east.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Val_d%27Aran (516 words)

	Símbols nacionals: La llengua catalana
		The legal framework on language in Spain is to be found in the 1978 Constitution, mainly in article 3, and in the statutes of autonomy of Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Aragon.
		It is implemented in Catalonia through the 1998 law on language policy (which replaces the 1983 law), in the Balearic Islands through the 1986 law on language policy and in Valencia through the 1983 law on the use and teaching of Valencian.
		During the first 30 years of the 20th century, Catalonia went through a period of political fervour, culminating in the recovery of a degree of political power in the Generalitat (the Government of Catalonia) during the 1930s.
	www.odontocat.com /angles/symbols6.htm (1616 words)

	Benvinguts a Catalunya
		North Catalonia and its capital Perpinya (Perpignan in French) is situated in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in the South of France.
		Moreover, Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia autonomous community and the center of Catalan culture and language.
		The capital of Catalonia, nestled between the mountains and the sea, is a lively city with a unique blend of old and new.
	catalunya.ifrance.com /english.htm (522 words)

	http://www.fsplanet.com/
		Catalonia is a Spanish Region measuring 32,114 square kilometers (12,000 sq.
		North of Barcelona, an almost uninterrupted stretch of coastline with numerous marinas leads to Blanes, where the Costa Brava begins.
		The road network throughout Catalonia is excellent, and along with the land's topographical diversity, one should keep in mind that cultural traditions, architecture, as well as gastronomy, differ from region to region.
	www.fsplanet.com /mainstore9.htm (513 words)

	Catalonia at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: Cataluña, French: Catalogne) is the core region of the area where Catalan is spoken, delimited by the Spanish autonomous region (Comunidad autónoma) of the same name in the north-east of the Spanish state.
		The official name of the Government of Catalonia (including the Council, the Parliament and the President) is Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) or Generalidad de Cataluña (in Spanish).
		Like in otyher countries there is the tradition of Santa Claus, in Catalonia is very popular the figure of the Tió de Nadal.
	wiki.tatet.com /Catalonia.html (1115 words)

	CATALONIA by All About Spain
		Catalonia has a very marked culture of its own, most evidently of Mediterranean tradition, and is distinguished of most other Spanish regions in several aspects, not at least by its language, Catalonian (although everybody speaks and understands Castilian Spanish perfectly).
		Catalonia's excellent gastronomy is characterized by seafood, rice dishes, wines of great international reputation and traditional desserts like the famous "Catalonian Cream".
		Catalonia's capital, located at the Mediterranean Sea, offers the structures of a true metropole.
	www.red2000.com /spain/region/r-catal.html (408 words)

	Berguedà - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Berguedà is a comarca (county) in the interior of Catalonia, lying partly in the Pyrenees and partly in Catalonia's.
		The northern half of Berguedà, known as Alt Berguedà, consists of the upper valley of Llobregat and the mountainous.
		In the center and to the west, (Quercus faginea) dominates, to the west and north Downy oak (Quercus pubescens, syn.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bergued%E0 (576 words)

	International Civic Heraldry - SPAIN - Escudos de armas municipales españolas - CATALUNYA
		Catalonia's coat of arms is that of the sovereign Count-Kings of Barcelona, four vertical red bars on a golden background.
		The Barcelona counts, rulers of the entire territory of Catalonia, also came to be the sovereigns of Aragon and the county of Ribagorça by way of marriage between the aforementioned Ramon Berenguer IV the Saint and Queen Petronilla of Aragon.
		The four pales are also part of the arms of Barcelona city (and from there in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico), Giona city, the Spanish provinces of Baleares and Valencia, the French County of Ariège and the former North Catalonia, later Roussillon (France), as well as many other municipalities in the North-East part of Spain.
	www.ngw.nl /int/spa/prov/cataluna.htm (334 words)

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