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{{Image label small|x=0.55|y=0.52|scale=400| text= [[Bages]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.39|y=0.53|scale=400| text= [[Segarra]]}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.56|y=0.35|scale=400| text= [[Berguedà]]}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.79|y=0.31|scale=400| text= [[Garrotxa]]}}
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{{Image label small|x=0.87|y=0.34|scale=400| text= [[Pla de l'Estany|Pla de<br/>l'Estany]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.86|y=0.42|scale=400| text= [[Gironès]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.82|y=0.49|scale=400| text= [[Selva (comarca)|Selva]]}}
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The '''comarques of Catalonia''' (singular ''comarca'', {{IPA|ca|kuˈmarkə|label=Eastern Catalan:}}, {{IPA|ca|koˈmaɾka|label=Western Catalan:}}), often referred to in English as '''counties''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idescat. Statistical Yearbook of Catalonia. County councils. Councillors. Counties. |url=https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15897&lang=en |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.idescat.cat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-06 |title=Festivals in southern Terres de l'Ebre counties form new group to increase visibility |url=https://www.catalannews.com/culture/item/festivals-in-southern-terres-de-lebre-counties-unite-in-new-group-to-increase-visibility |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.catalannews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Coronavirus: Spain puts 200,000 people in Catalonia back into lockdown as cases rise |url=https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-spain-puts-200-000-people-in-catalonia-back-into-lockdown-as-cases-rise-12020938 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|Not to be confused with the historical [[Catalan counties]].}} are an [[Subdivisions of Catalonia|administrative division]] of [[Catalonia]]. Each comarca comprises a number of [[municipalities of Catalonia|municipalities]], roughly equivalent to a [[Counties of the United States|county]] in the United States. Currently, Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and [[Val d'Aran|Aran]], considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca.<ref name=":0" />

Each comarca has a representative [[comarcal council|county council]] ({{langx|ca|consell comarcal|links=no}}), except for [[Barcelonès]], which abolished it in 2019, and Aran, which instead has the [[Conselh Generau d'Aran]].

Comarques form the second-level administrative division within Catalonia, being a subdivision of [[Vegueries of Catalonia|vegueries]] (or [[Provinces of Spain|provinces]] at state level).

== Overview ==
{{see also | Local government in Spain}}
Although today the comarques are officially defined under a Catalan parliamentary act,<ref>{{cite web|title= The comarcal organisation of Catalonia (Act 6/1987)|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es-ct/l/1987/04/04/6|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |access-date=11 June 2022 |year=1987|pages=12192–12201 |language=Spanish}}</ref> for centuries they had existed unofficially, with citizens identifying with a particular comarca in the same way that people in other parts of the world might identify with a particular region.

In some cases, comarques consist of rural areas and many small villages centring on an important town, where the people of the region traditionally go to shop or to sell their goods. This is the case of comarques such as the [[Pla de l'Estany]], centred on the town of [[Banyoles]], or the [[Ripollès]], centred on the town of [[Ripoll]]. In other cases, comarques are larger areas with many important population centres that have traditionally been considered part of the same region, as in the case of the [[Empordà]] or [[Vallès]].

The current official division of Catalonia into comarques originates in an order of the [[Autonomous Region of Catalonia (1931–1939)|autonomous Catalan government]] under the [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]] in 1936. It was superseded after the 1939 victory of [[Francisco Franco]]'s forces in the [[Spanish Civil War]], but restored in 1987 by the re-established [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Generalitat of Catalonia]]. Since the definition of comarques is sometimes ambiguous, many new proposals have been made since the comarques were first officially designated as attempts to modify the official distribution with what some regions consider to be a traditional comarca. As a result, some revisions to the official division have been made, such as the additions of [[Moianès]] and [[Lluçanès]] to the map, in 2015 and 2023 respectively.

Comarques exist as a local government area, and have a representative [[comarcal council|county council]]. They are often known as ''counties'' in the English language, but this can be confused with the [[Catalan counties|counties]] that were ruled by [[count|counts]].

Borders of comarques generally do not cross those of the four state-level [[Provinces of Spain|provinces]] ([[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Province of Girona|Girona]], [[Province of Lleida|Lleida]], [[Province of Tarragona|Tarragona]]). However, since the provinces are defined by the Spanish government, while comarques are defined by the Catalan government, exceptions do exist{{snd}}most notably in the case of [[Cerdanya]], which is roughly evenly split between the provinces of Lleida and Girona (other exceptions generally involve only a handful of municipalities).

[[Val d'Aran|Aran]], which is included here, is officially not a comarca but a "unique territorial entity" with additional powers. Its current status was formalised in February 2015.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.conselharan.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Llei-1_2015-Regim-Especiau-dAran2.pdf|title=LLEI 1/2015, del 5 de febrer, del règim especial d'Aran|trans-title= Administration of Aran Act|publisher=[[Generalitat of Catalonia]]|language=ca|date=2015-02-13|access-date=2015-11-19}}</ref>

== List of comarques ==

{{Update|section|date=February 2024}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Comarca !! Date{{br}}created !! Capital !! Number of{{br}}municipalities{{br}}{{Update inline|date=May 2023}} !! Population{{br}}(2014)<ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/|title=El municipi en xifres|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref> !! Area{{br}}(km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name=idescat/> !! Density 
!Region (vegueria)!! Province(s) 
|-
| [[Alt Camp]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Valls]] || align=center | 23 || align=right | 44,578 || align=right | 538.2 || align=right | 82.8 
|[[Camp de Tarragona]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Alt Empordà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Figueres]] || align=center | 68 || align=right | 140,214 || align=right | 1,357.4 || align=right | 103.3 
|[[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Alt Penedès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Vilafranca del Penedès]] || align=center | 27 || align=right | 106,262 || align=right | 592.7 || align=right | 179.3 
|[[Penedès (division)|Penedès]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Alt Urgell]] || align=center | 1987 || [[La Seu d'Urgell]] || align=center | 19 || align=right | 20,878 || align=right | 1,447.5 || align=right | 14.4 
|[[Alt Pirineu]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Alta Ribagorça]] || align=center | 1988 || [[El Pont de Suert]] || align=center | 3 || align=right | 3,873 || align=right | 426.8 || align=right | 9.1 
|[[Alt Pirineu]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Anoia]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Igualada]] || align=center | 33 || align=right | 117,842 || align=right | 866.3 || align=right | 136.0 
|[[Penedès (division)|Penedès]], [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Val d'Aran|Aran]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Vielha e Mijaran]] || align=center | 9 || align=right | 9,993 || align=right | 633.5 || align=right | 15.8 
| [[Val d'Aran|Aran]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Bages]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Manresa]] || align=center | 30 || align=right | 175,527<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha">Adjusted following creation of Moianès</ref>|| align="right" | 1,092.2<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha" />|| align="right" | 160.7 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Baix Camp]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Reus]] || align=center | 28 || align=right | 190,249 || align=right | 697.3 || align=right | 272.8 
| [[Camp de Tarragona]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Baix Ebre]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Tortosa]] || align=center | 14 || align=right | 80,637 || align=right | 1002.6 || align=right | 80.4 
| [[Terres de l'Ebre]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Baix Empordà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[La Bisbal d'Empordà]] || align=center | 36 || align=right | 132,886 || align=right | 701.8 || align=right | 189.4 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Baix Llobregat]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Sant Feliu de Llobregat]] || align=center | 30 || align=right | 806,249 || align=right | 486.2 || align=right | 1,658.3 
| [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Barcelona]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Baix Penedès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[El Vendrell]] || align=center | 14 || align=right | 100,262 || align=right | 296.4 || align=right | 338.3 
| [[Penedès (division)|Penedès]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Barcelonès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Barcelona]] || align=center | 5 || align=right | 2,227,238 || align=right | 145.8 || align=right | 15,276.0 
| [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Barcelona]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Berguedà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Berga]] || align=center | 31 || align=right | 40,039 || align=right | 1,185.3 || align=right | 33.8 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona, Lleida 
|-
| [[Cerdanya (comarca)|Cerdanya]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Puigcerdà]] || align=center | 17 || align=right | 18,063 || align=right | 546.6 || align=right | 33.0 
| [[Alt Pirineu]]|| Girona, Lleida 
|-
| [[Conca de Barberà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Montblanc, Tarragona|Montblanc]] || align=center | 22 || align=right | 20,723 || align=right | 650.2 || align=right | 31.9 
| [[Camp de Tarragona]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Garraf]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Vilanova i la Geltrú]] || align=center | 6 || align=right | 145,886 || align=right | 185.1 || align=right | 788.1 
| [[Penedès (division)|Penedès]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Garrigues (comarca)|Garrigues]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Les Borges Blanques]] || align=center | 24 || align=right | 19,762 || align=right | 797.7 || align=right | 24.8 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Garrotxa]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Olot]] || align=center | 21 || align=right | 56,036 || align=right | 734.5 || align=right | 76.3 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Gironès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Girona]] || align=center | 28 || align=right | 185,085 || align=right | 575.6 || align=right | 321.6 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Lluçanès]] || align=center | 2023|| [[Prats de Lluçanès]] || align=center | n/a || align=right | n/a || align=right | n/a || align=right | n/a 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Maresme]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Mataró]] || align=center | 30 || align=right | 437,919 || align=right | 398.6 || align=right | 1,098.6 
| [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Barcelona]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Moianès]] || align=center | 2015 || [[Moià]] || align=center | 10 || align=right | 13,056 || align=right | 337.9 || align=right | 38.6 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Montsià]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Amposta]] || align=center | 12 || align=right | 69,613 || align=right | 735.5 || align=right | 94.6 
| [[Terres de l'Ebre]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Noguera (comarca)|Noguera]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Balaguer]] || align=center | 30 || align=right | 39,376 || align=right | 1,784.1 || align=right | 22.1 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Osona (comarca)|Osona]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Vic, Catalonia|Vic]] || align=center | 50 || align=right | 154,559<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha" />|| align="right" | 1,245.1<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha" />|| align="right" | 124.1 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Barcelona, Girona 
|-
| [[Pallars Jussà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Tremp]] || align=center | 14 || align=right | 13,530 || align=right | 1,343.2 || align=right | 10.1 
| [[Alt Pirineu]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Pallars Sobirà]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Sort, Lleida|Sort]] || align=center | 15 || align=right | 7,220 || align=right | 1,378.0 || align=right | 5.2 
| [[Alt Pirineu]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Pla de l'Estany]] || align=center | 1988 || [[Banyoles]] || align=center | 11 || align=right | 31,554 || align=right | 262.8 || align=right | 120.1 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Pla d'Urgell]] || align=center | 1988 || [[Mollerussa]] || align=center | 16 || align=right | 37,128 || align=right | 305.2 || align=right | 121.7 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Priorat]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Falset, Tarragona|Falset]] || align=center | 23 || align=right | 9,550 || align=right | 498.7 || align=right | 19.1 
| [[Camp de Tarragona]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Ribera d'Ebre]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Móra d'Ebre]] || align=center | 14 || align=right | 22,925 || align=right | 827.1 || align=right | 27.7 
| [[Terres de l'Ebre]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Ripollès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Ripoll]] || align=center | 19 || align=right | 25,700 || align=right | 956.6 || align=right | 26.9 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona 
|-
| [[Segarra]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Cervera]] || align=center | 21 || align=right | 22,713 || align=right | 722.8 || align=right | 31.4 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Segrià]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Lleida]] || align=center | 38 || align=right | 209,768 || align=right | 1,396.4 || align=right | 150.2 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Selva (comarca)|Selva]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Santa Coloma de Farners]] || align=center | 26 || align=right | 170,249 || align=right | 994.9 || align=right | 171.1 
| [[Comarques Gironines]]|| Girona, Barcelona 
|-
| [[Solsonès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Solsona, Lleida|Solsona]] || align=center | 15 || align=right | 13,497 || align=right | 1001.1 || align=right | 13.5 
| [[Central Catalonia]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Tarragonès]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Tarragona]] || align=center | 22 || align=right | 250,306 || align=right | 319.2 || align=right | 784.2 
| [[Camp de Tarragona]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Terra Alta (comarca)|Terra Alta]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Gandesa]] || align=center | 12 || align=right | 12,119 || align=right | 743.0 || align=right | 16.3 
| [[Terres de l'Ebre]]|| Tarragona 
|-
| [[Urgell (comarca)|Urgell]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Tàrrega]] || align=center | 20 || align=right | 36,526 || align=right | 579.6 || align=right | 63.0 
| [[Ponent]]|| Lleida 
|-
| [[Vallès Occidental]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Sabadell]], [[Terrassa]] || align=center | 23 || align=right | 899,532 || align=right | 583.1 || align=right | 1,542.7 
| [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Barcelona]]|| Barcelona 
|-
| [[Vallès Oriental]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Granollers]] || align=center | 39 || align=right | 399,781<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha" />|| align="right" | 734.5<ref name="moianes" group="lower-alpha" />|| align="right" | 544.3 
| [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Barcelona]]|| Barcelona 
|- class="sortbottom" 
| '''Total ''comarques''–43''' || || Barcelona || align=center | 948 || align=right | 7,518,903 || align=right | 32,108.0<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=inddt&n=396&lang=en|title=Indicadors geogràfics. Superfície, densitat i entitats de població: Catalunya|publisher=[[Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">The total of the figures above is 32,107.1. The difference may be due to [[rounding]].</ref>|| align="right" | 234.2 
| ||
|}

== Comarca revisions ==
Revisions to the comarques took place in 1988 (creation of Pla d'Estany, Pla d'Urgell, and Alta Ribagorça),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portaljuridic.gencat.cat/ca/pjur_ocults/pjur_resultats_fitxa/?action=fitxa&documentId=23086&language=ca_ES&mode=single|title=Llei 5/1988, de 28 de març, de creació de les comarques del Pla de l'Estany, del Pla d'Urgell i de l'Alta Ribagorça|publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya|language=ca|date=1988-03-28|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref> 1990 (various adjustments),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portaljuridic.gencat.cat/ca/pjur_ocults/pjur_resultats_fitxa/?action=fitxa&documentId=41586&language=ca_ES&mode=single|title=Llei 3/1990, de 8 de gener, de modificació de la divisió comarcal de Catalunya|publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya|language=ca|date=2015-05-25|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref> and May 2015 (creation of Moianès).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/bages/20150415/54430644006/el-parlament-aprova-la-llei-de-creacio-del-moianes-amb-els-vots-en-contra-de-ciutadans-i.html|title=El Parlament aprova la llei de creació del Moianès amb els vots en contra de Ciutadans i l'abstenció del PP|newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]]|language=ca|date=2015-04-15|access-date=2015-04-15}}</ref> The [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Catalan government]]'s "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the {{Interlanguage link multi|Roca Report|ca|3=Informe Roca}}), published in 2000, recommends many more changes to comarques, which have not yet been adopted except for the 2015 creation of Moianès.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geosoc.udl.es/professorat/informe_OTC.pdf |title=Informe sobre la revisió del Model d'organització territorial de Catalunya |author=Miquel Roca i Junyent |language=ca |date=December 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829023715/http://www.geosoc.udl.es/professorat/informe_OTC.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-29 |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead }}</ref> The other proposed new comarques are: {{Interlanguage link multi|Vall de Camprodon|ca}} (capital at [[Camprodon]]), {{Interlanguage link multi|Selva Marítima|ca}} (capital at [[Blanes]]), {{Interlanguage link multi|Alta Segarra|ca}} (capital at [[Calaf]]), {{Interlanguage link multi|Segre Mitjà|ca}} (capital at [[Ponts, Lleida|Ponts]]), and {{Interlanguage link multi|Baix Llobregat Nord|ca}} (capital at [[Martorell]]).

In a non-binding referendum in July 2015, a majority of municipalities of the [[Lluçanès]] region of Osona voted to join a proposed new comarca of that name. It was finally added to the list of Comarques on the 3rd of May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osona.com |title=La llei del Lluçanès fa un pas endavant al Parlament de Catalunya |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/osona/noticia/50567/llei-llucanes-fa-pas-endavant-al-parlament-catalunya |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.naciodigital.cat |language=ca}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! From comarca !! To comarca !! Municipalities
|-
| 1988 || Gironès || Pla de l'Estany || [[Banyoles]], [[Camós]], [[Cornellà del Terri]], [[Crespià]], [[Esponellà]], [[Fontcoberta]], [[Palol de Revardit]], [[Porqueres]], [[Sant Miquel de Campmajor]], [[Serinyà]], [[Vilademuls]]
|-
| 1988 || Urgell || Pla d'Urgell || [[Barbens]], [[Castellnou de Seana]], [[Ivars d'Urgell]], [[Vilanova de Bellpuig]], [[Vila-sana]]
|-
| 1988 || Segrià || Pla d'Urgell || [[Bell-lloc d'Urgell]], [[Fondarella]], [[Golmés]], [[Miralcamp]], [[Mollerussa]], [[El Palau d'Anglesola]], [[Sidamon]]
|-
| 1988 || Noguera || Pla d'Urgell || [[Bellvís]], [[Linyola]], [[El Poal]]
|-
| 1988 || Garrigues || Pla d'Urgell || [[Torregrossa]]
|-
| 1988 || Pallars Jussà || Alta Ribagorça || Barruera ([[La Vall de Boí]]), [[El Pont de Suert]], [[Vilaller]]
|-
| 1990 || Noguera || Segrià || [[Alfarràs]], [[La Portella]]
|-
| 1990 || Priorat || Baix Camp || [[Arbolí]]
|-
| 1990 || Tarragonès || Baix Penedès || [[Bonastre]]
|-
| 1990 || Vallès Occidental || Vallès Oriental || [[Caldes de Montbui]]
|-
| 1990 || Garraf || Alt Penedès || [[Castellet i la Gornal]], [[Olesa de Bonesvalls]]
|-
| 1990 || Barcelonès || Baix Llobregat || [[Esplugues de Llobregat]], [[Sant Just Desvern]]
|-
| 1990 || Tarragonès || Alt Camp || [[Els Garidells]]
|-
| 1990 || Alt Camp || Baix Penedès || [[Masllorenç]]
|-
| 1990 || Anoia || Solsonès || [[La Molsosa]]
|-
| 1990 || Ripollès || Osona || [[Montesquiu]], [[Santa Maria de Besora]], [[Sant Quirze de Besora]], [[Vidrà]]
|-
| 1990 || Urgell || Segarra || [[Montornès de Segarra]]
|-
| 1990 || Baix Ebre || Montsià || [[Sant Jaume d'Enveja]]
|-
| 1990 || Segarra || Conca de Barberà || [[Vallfogona de Riucorb]]
|-
| 1994 || - || Vallès Occidental || [[Badia del Vallès]]
|-
| 2015 || Bages || Moianès || [[Calders]], [[L'Estany]], [[Moià]], [[Monistrol de Calders]], [[Santa Maria d'Oló]]
|-
| 2015 || Vallès Oriental || Moianès|| [[Castellcir]], [[Castellterçol]], [[Granera]], [[Sant Quirze Safaja]]
|-
| 2015 || Osona || Moianès || [[Collsuspina]]
|-
| 2015 || - || Gironès || [[Medinyà]]
|-
| 2017 || Gironès || - || [[Medinyà|Medinyà{{dagger}}]]
|-
| 2023 || Segarra || Solsonès || [[Torà]], [[Biosca]]
|-
|2023
|Osona
|Lluçanès
|[[Alpens]], [[Lluçà]], [[Olost]], [[Oristà]], [[Perafita]], [[Prats de Lluçanès]], [[Sant Martí d'Albars]], [[Sobremunt]]
|-
|2023
|Bages
|Lluçanès
|[[Sant Feliu Sasserra]]
|-
|2023
|Lluçanès
|Bages
|[[Sant Feliu Sasserra]]
|}

== Northern Catalan comarques ==
{{Main|Comarques of Northern Catalonia}}
There are six comarques which are often referred to as the ''historical comarques of Catalonia'', because their present-day territory was a part of the former [[Principality of Catalonia]], but nowadays they lie in [[Northern Catalonia]], administered by [[France]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Comarca !! Capital
|-
| [[French Cerdagne|Alta Cerdanya]] || [[Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via|Font-romeu]]
|-
| [[Capcir]] || [[Les Angles, Pyrénées-Orientales|Els Angles]]
|-
| [[Conflent]] || [[Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales|Prada de Conflent]]
|-
| [[Rosselló (comarca)|Rosselló]] || [[Perpignan|Perpinyà]]
|-
| [[Vallespir]] || [[Céret|Ceret]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Comarcas of Spain]]
* [[Local government in Spain]]
* [[Municipalities of Catalonia]]
* [[Provinces of Spain]]
* [[Vegueries of Catalonia]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{in lang|ca}} The [[Statistical Institute of Catalonia]] contains statistical information for Catalonia, with in-depth details for each individual comarca and other types of divisions. [https://www.idescat.cat/?lang=en Link to the English version].
* {{in lang|ca}} History of the current county division. [http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc12.htm Catalonia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127113921/http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc12.htm |date=2007-01-27 }}, [http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc14.htm La Franja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127113941/http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc14.htm |date=2007-01-27 }} and [http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc11.htm Northern Catalonia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127113911/http://www.racocatala.cat/eltalp/dtc11.htm |date=2007-01-27 }}.

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