The terms Catalan Countries (
Catalan: Països Catalans) or Catalanofonia (quite similar, in the linguistic sense, to the
French Francophonie, the
Portuguese Lusofonia or the
Spanish Hispanophone) includes all the territories where the
Catalan language is spoken. This concept first appeared at the end of the
19th century and later was popularized by the
Valencian writer
Joan Fuster, in his book
Nosaltres els valencians (We, the Valencians), in
1962. The Catalan Countries are divided in the following parts:The former
Principality of Catalonia, comprising:The current
Spanish Autonomous Community of
Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya)French Catalonia
Northern Catalonia, located in southern
France (Catalan: Catalunya Nord, often called Pays Catalan in
French); it is more or less equivalent to the
département of the
Pyrénées-Orientales.
La Franja, a
Catalan-speaking region in the
Autonomous Community of
Aragon.The former
Kingdom of Majorca : the
Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears) The former
Kingdom of Valencia: the
Autonomous Community of
Valencia (from the Valencian official name:Comunitat Valenciana).
El Carxe, a
Catalan-speaking region of the
Autonomous Community of
Murcia, in
Spain.
Andorra (geographically adjacent, linked by language, but also an apart
co-principality since
13th century)The
city of
L'Alguer, in the
Italian island of
Sardinia, where
Catalan is one of the
official languages, along with
Italian.
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