Are Catalans ethnically different from Spaniards?
There is not a significant difference between the Catalans and Spanish, although a minority of Catalans would like the world to think that to be the case. Going all the way back to prehistory, the people who settled in what is now Cataluña were all classified in the same group called Iberians.
What are the provinces of Catalonia?
Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.
Do most Catalans want independence?
According to the Catalan authorities, 90% of voters supported independence, but turnout was only 43%, and there were reports of irregularities.
Are Catalans nationalists?
Catalan nationalism is the ideology asserting that the Catalans are a distinct nation. Intellectually, modern Catalan nationalism can be said to have commenced as a political philosophy in the unsuccessful attempts to establish a federal state in Spain in the context of the First Republic (1873-1874).
Is Catalan French or Spanish?
Catalan language
| Catalan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Spain, Andorra, France, Italy |
| Ethnicity | Aragonese Balears Catalans Valencians |
| Native speakers | 4.1 million (2012) Total number of speakers: More than 10 million (L1 plus L2; 2018) |
| Language family | Indo-European Italic Romance Western Romance Gallo-Romance Occitano-Romance Catalan |
Is Mallorca part of Catalonia?
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983.
Is Catalonia in France?
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.
What language is spoken in Catalonia?
Catalan language
Catalonia/Languages
Is Catalonia liberal or conservative?
Conservatives of Catalonia
| Conservatives of Catalonia Conservadors de Catalunya | |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | c. 1982 |
| Headquarters | C/ Balmes, 197.8o.3o., Barcelona |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
Is Catalan a mix of French and Spanish?
Just as English isn’t a mix of Dutch or German or French, neither is Catalan a mix of French and Spanish. It is a Spanish language (una lengua española)—a language spoken in the Kingdom of Spain—but it’s no dialect, that’s for sure.