Nation

Catalan Countries

Països Catalans

State: Spain, Andorra, France
Area: 65.000 km2
Population: 14.435.023 inhabitants (2009)
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, Occitan (Aran Valley)
Official languages
Native language speakers: 65% (2014)
Main cities: Barcelona, València, Palma, Perpinyà, Hospitalet, Badalona
Per capita income: 26.590 € (2018)
Native political institutions: Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), Government of Valencian Country (Generalitat valenciana), Government of Balearic Islands, Government of Andorra
Main religious culture: Catholic Christian
Main nationalist parties: JUNTSxCAT, ERC, CUP, PSM-ENTESA, BLOC NACIONALISTA VALENCIÀ
Nationalist share in the native parliament: 55% (Parliament of Catalonia), 10% (Parliament of Balearic Islands), 7% (Parliament of Valencian Country) (in 2023)

Catalonia

Catalunya

State: Spain
Area: 31.900 Km2
Population: 7.516.254 inhabitants (2016)
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, Occitan (Aran valley)
Official languages: Catalan, Spanish, Occitan
Native language speakers: 78% (2013)
Main cities: Barcelona, Hospitalet, Badalona, Lleida, Tarragona, Girona
Per capita income: 30.400 € (2018)
Native political institutions: Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya)
Main religious culture: Catholic Christian
National bank holiday: Diada (11 September)
Main nationalist parties: JUNTSxCAT, ERC, CUP
Nationalist share in the native Parliament: 55% (2021)

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