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The council consists of a number of members depending on population, who elect the mayor (Spanish: alcalde, Catalan: batlle). The town hall (Catalan: ajuntament) is located in the main settlement, and deals with provision of local services and administrative matters such as registration of residents. The "main settlement" is not always the ...
Catalonia's counties [9] (Catalan: comarques, Catalan pronunciation:) form the second-level division and are a subdivision of the vegueries. There are 42 administrative counties since 2023. [9] Aran was a county until 2015, when it formally became an autonomous region, but it is still often included in county lists and maps as one. [7]
The majority of languages of Spain [4] belong to the Romance language family, of which Spanish is the only one with official status in the whole country. [5] [6] Others, including Catalan/Valencian (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) and Galician (in Galicia), enjoy official status in their respective autonomous regions, similar to Basque in the northeast of the country (a non ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Western Romance language "Catala" redirects here. For the ship, see SS Catala. For the surname, see Catalá. Catalan Valencian català valencià Pronunciation [kətəˈla] (N, C & B) / [kataˈla] (NW & A) [valensiˈa] (V) Native to Andorra Spain France Italy Region Southern Europe ...
The Catalan Countries (Catalan: Països Catalans, Eastern Catalan: [pəˈizus kətəˈlans]) are those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. [1] [2] They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, and parts of Aragon and Murcia (), [3] as well as the Principality of Andorra, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales (aka Northern Catalonia ...
According to the linguistic census elaborated by the Government of Catalonia corresponding to 2008, 45.92% of citizens over 15 years old declared Spanish as their [only] habitual language of use, versus 35.64% for Catalan, with 11.95% of complete bilinguals; a larger number claims Catalan as "their own language" (37.25% Catalan compared to 46. ...
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The Catalan authorities have designated four villages as "family holiday destinations". These are Calafell , Cambrils , La Pineda and nearby Vila-seca , and Salou . [ 10 ] Salou is the site of the PortAventura World ( PortAventura Park , the most visited theme park in Spain, [ 11 ] Ferrari Land and also the PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park ).