Catalan,known in the Valencian Community and Carche as Valencian,is a Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin. It is the official language of Andorra,and a co-official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain:Catalonia,the Valencian Community,and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain:the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the Països Catalans or "Catalan Countries".
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain,designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
The Generalitat de Catalunya,or the Government of Catalonia,is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed by the Parliament of Catalonia,the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya,and the Executive Council of Catalonia.
Esade is a prestigious international private educational institution based in Barcelona,Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university,Esade Business School and Esade Law School,as well as a language center,the Esade Executive Language Center. The school has also formed a strategic alliance with the Ramon Llull University in its undergraduate programmes in Law and Business. ESADE is ranked among the world's top business schools and law school programs by the Financial Times,The Economist,Forbes,QS World University Rankings and more.
The Democratic Union of Catalonia,frequently shortened as Union,was a regionalist,Christian-democratic political party in the Catalonia region of Spain existing between 1931 and 2017. Together with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),they formed the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance and federation from 1978 until its dissolution in 2015,under which they would rule the government of Catalonia for almost three decades during the recent Spanish democratic period.
Initiative for Catalonia Greens was an eco-socialist political party in Catalonia. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia. IC later developed into a political party,and PSUC was dissolved.
The Catalonia national football team is the official football team of Catalonia. It is organised by the Catalan Football Federation,founded in 1900. The team has been referred to by various names including SeleccióCatalana,Seleccióde Barcelona and the Catalan XI.
Catalans are an ethnic group native to Catalonia,who speak the Romance language Catalan. The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia,an autonomous community in Spain and the inhabitants of the Roussillon historical region in southern France,today the Pyrénées Orientales department,also called Northern Catalonia and Pays Catalan in French.
Northern Catalonia,French Catalonia or Roussillon refers to the Catalan-speaking and Catalan-culture territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in exchange of France's effective renunciation on the formal protection that it had given to the recently founded Catalan Republic. The area corresponds roughly to the modern French département of the Pyrénées-Orientales which were historically part of Catalonia since the old County of Barcelona,and lasted during the times of the Crown of Aragon and the Principality of Catalonia until they were given to France by Spain.
El Prat de Llobregat,commonly known as El Prat[əl ˈpɾat],is a municipality of Spain located in the comarca of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia. The Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport largely lies within the municipal limits. It is part of the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Centelles is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia,Spain. It is situated in the upper valley of the Congost River in the south of the comarca. The municipality is served by the C-17 road. The renowned urban planner Ildefons Cerdàwas born here.
Santa Coloma de Queralt is a municipality in the comarca of the Conca de Barberàin Catalonia,Spain. It is situated in the north-east of the comarca about 60 km (37 mi) from the city of Tarragona. The town is linked to the rest of the comarca and to Igualada by the C-241 road.
Joan Maragall i Gorina was a Spanish poet,journalist and translator,the foremost member of the modernisme movement in literature. His manuscripts are preserved in the Joan Maragall Archive of Barcelona.
ESADE Business School is a prestigious international private college and graduate school located in Barcelona,Spain. It is part of ESADE and associated with Ramon Llull University. ESADE has been awarded the triple accreditation by EQUIS,AACSB and AMBA,and is ranked among the world's top business schools and law school programs by the Financial Times,The Economist,Forbes,QS World University Rankings and more.
Meranges is a village in the comarca of Cerdanya,province of Girona,Catalonia,north-eastern Spain.
The Spain national rugby league team represents Spain in the sport of rugby league football,running under the auspices of the Asociación Española de Rugby League.
The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration was a protest march which occurred in central Barcelona in Catalonia,Spain,on 11 September 2012 during the National Day of Catalonia. The protestors demanded the independence of Catalonia and its establishment as a sovereign state under the slogan "Catalonia,new state in Europe". It was organized by the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and headed together with the Association of Municipalities for Independence as the final and the most prominent of a series of events known as "March towards Independence" which began on 30 June 2012 in Lleida.
Max Cahner i Garcia was a Catalan politician,and editor and historian of Catalan literature.
Democrats of Catalonia is a Christian-democratic,pro-Catalan independence political party in Catalonia founded in July 2015 from a split in Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). Its members included the then-Speaker of the Catalan parliament Núria de Gispert and former UDC president Joan Rigol. The party has received accusations of xenophobia for its controversial statements against Spaniards and for having ties with xenophobic organizations.
Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó is a Catalan politician and journalist from Spain. Since 2019 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). A former Mayor of Girona,Puigdemont served as the 130th President of Catalonia from 2016 to 2017 when he was removed from office by the Spanish Government following the unilateral Catalan declaration of independence. He is co-founder of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR),leader of the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) electoral alliance and founder of the Together for Catalonia party.
