County of Cerdanya

The County of Cerdanya (Catalan: Comtat de Cerdanya, IPA: [kumˈtad də səɾˈðaɲə]; Latin: Comitatus Ceritaniae; Spanish: Condado de Cerdaña, French: Comté de Cerdagne) was one of the Catalan counties formed in the last decades of the 8th century by the Franks in the Marca Hispanica. The original Cerdanya consisted of the valley of the upper Segre. Today Cerdanya is a Catalan comarca.

County of Cerdanya Comtat de Cerdanya (Catalan) Comitatus Ceritaniae (Latin) Condado de Cerdaña (Spanish) Comté de Cerdagne (French)
798–1403
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The counties of the eastern Pyrenees in the 11th and 12th centuries
Common languages	Basque Old Catalan
Ethnic groups	Basques Catalans
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Feudal County
Count of Cerdanya
• 798–820	Borrell I (first)
• 1375–1403	Isabella (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	798
• Merged with the Crown of Aragon	1403
Preceded by Succeeded by Francia Crown of Aragon
Today part of	Catalonia

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