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The new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, approved by referendum, was contested by important sectors of the Spanish nationalism and the conservative People's Party, sending the law to the partisan Constitutional Court of Spain which, in 2010, decided to declare nonvalid some of the articles that established an autonomous Catalan system of ...
At that time, Catalan spread quickly throughout the Iberian peninsula when the Catalan counts conquered Muslim territory. [1] By the 11th century, the Catalan language was present in several feudal documents. [2] Catalan was present throughout the Mediterranean by the 15th century. At that time, the city of Valencia was thriving. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. People from Catalonia and Northern Catalonia For other uses, see Catalan (disambiguation). Ethnic group Catalans [a] Total population c. 9 million Regions with significant populations Spain (people born in Catalonia of any ethnicity; excludes ethnic Catalans in other regions in Spain ...
Catalan has no official recognition in "Northern Catalonia". Catalan has official status alongside Spanish in the Balearic Islands and in the Land of Valencia (where it is called Valencian), [89] as well as Algherese Catalan alongside Italian in the city of Alghero and in Andorra as the sole official language. [90]
This is a timeline of Catalan history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Catalonia and its predecessor states and polities. To read about the background to these events, see History of Catalonia .
An extensive program of normalization of Catalan language was carried out. Today, Catalonia remains one of the most economically dynamic communities of Spain. The Catalan capital and largest city, Barcelona, is a major international cultural centre and a major tourist destination. In 1992, Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympic Games. [67]
The origin of the earliest settlement at the site of present-day Barcelona is unclear. Remains from the Neolithic and early Chalcolithic periods have been found on the coastal plain near the city. The ruins of an early settlement have been excavated in the El Raval neighborhood, including different tombs and dwellings dating to earlier than ...
Barcelona (/ ˌ b ɑːr s ə ˈ l oʊ n ə / ⓘ BAR-sə-LOH-nə; Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ; Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona] ⓘ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain.