Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain,designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula,to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces or eight vegueries (regions),which are in turn divided into 42 comarques. The capital and largest city,Barcelona,is the second-most populous municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.
The comarques of Catalonia,often referred to in English as counties,are an administrative division of Catalonia. Each comarca comprises a number of municipalities,roughly equivalent to a county in the United States. Currently,Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and Aran,considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca.
Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Catalan politician. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
The government of Pasqual Maragall was formed on 22 December 2003 following the latter's election as President of the Government of Catalonia by the Parliament of Catalonia on 16 December and his swearing-in on 18 December,as a result of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC),Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left (ICV–EUiA) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament following the 2003 Catalan regional election. It succeeded the sixth Pujol government and was the Government of Catalonia from 22 December 2003 to 29 November 2006,a total of 1,073 days,or 2 years,11 months and 7 days.
The 1999 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,17 October 1999,to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members,known as deputies,who are elected for four-year terms or after extraordinary dissolution,chosen by universal suffrage in lists of four constituencies,corresponding to the Catalan provinces. The Parliament building is located in Ciutadella Park,Barcelona.
Catalonia is internally divided into eight regional divisions,known in Catalan as vegueries,following the regional plan of Catalonia. Each vegueria is further divided into comarques and municipalities,with the exception of the Aran Valley,considered a "unique territorial entity".
The 1995 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,19 November 1995,to elect the 5th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Catalonia:
Lluís Miquel Recoder i Miralles is a Spanish politician. He was mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Barcelona Province,Catalonia,Spain from 1999 to 2010 and held the office of Minister of Planning and Sustainability of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 29 December 2010 to 27 December 2012.
Rodalies de Catalunya is the main commuter and regional rail system in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is administered by the Government of Catalonia and operated by the national rail operator Renfe Operadora. The system consists of 17 service lines chiefly centred in the Barcelona area,serving a total of 203 stations throughout Catalonia,with an average number of 1,000 trains running on it every day. In 2016,it had an annual ridership of 117 million.
Pierre Vilar was a French historian specialized in the history of Catalonia and Hispanism. He is considered one of the most authoritative 20th-century historians for the history of Spain,for both the Ancien Régime and modern history. He and Jaume Vicens Vives were among the most influential historians of Catalonia.
The 2012 Catalan independence demonstration was a protest 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 most prominent of a series of events known as "March towards Independence" which began on 30 June 2012 in Lleida.
The Catalan Republic was a state proclaimed in 1931 by Francesc Maciàas the "Catalan Republic within the Iberian Federation",in the context of the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic. It was proclaimed on 14 April 1931,and superseded three days later,on 17 April,by the Generalitat de Catalunya,the Catalan institution of self-government within the Spanish Republic.
Joaquim Torra i Pla,known as Quim Torra,is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020,when the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed a court ruling by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemning him for disobeying the Central Electoral Board during the April 2019 general election,leading to his disqualification from office.
Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and politician,and the President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia,as well as Acting President since 28 September 2020. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
Ernest Maragall i Mira is a Spanish economist,politician,member of the Parliament of Catalonia and former Minister of Foreign Action,Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia. He was previously Minister of Education,a member of the European Parliament and a member of Barcelona City Council (BCC).
The National Front of Catalonia is a Catalan far-right and pro-independence political party,presented in 2013. It had a local councilor in Ripoll between 2019 and 2020. Their main ideological principles are Catalan nationalism and opposition to irregular immigration.
In the run up to the 2015 Spanish local elections,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in local entities in Spain. Results of such polls for municipalities in Catalonia are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous local elections,held on 22 May 2011,to the day the next elections were held,on 24 May 2015.
Joan Ignasi Elena i Garcia is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia,former member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Interior of Catalonia.
