Catí is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''

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'' of

Alt Maestrat Alt Maestrat (; es, Alto Maestrazgo) is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto ...

, Castellón,

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, Spain. The municipality of Catí limits with the following municipal terms:

Ares del Maestrat Ares del Maestrat, also known as ''Ares del Maestre'' in Spanish or simply Ares, is a municipality in the province of Castelló in the Valencian Country. It is situated near the top of the Mola d'Ares mountain, at an elevation of 1,148 m. As a re ...

, Morella,

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, Tírig, La Salzadella,

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and

Albocàsser Albocàsser () or Albocácer in Spanish language, Spanish is a municipalities of Spain, municipality in Castellón (province), Castellón, Valencian Community, Valencia, Spain. It is located in the ''Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca ...

all of them located in the province of Castellón.

Geography

Catí is situated at above sea level, in the midst of a broad valley which is called "Catí Corridor" in the

region. Geographically this area marks the boundary between the

Ports A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

region to which Catí belonged historically, and the

Baix Maestrat Baix Maestrat (; es, Bajo Maestrazgo ) is a coastal Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' located in the north of the Provinces of Spain, province of Castellón (province), Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The capital of the '' ...

, the centre of the mountainous area that connects El Ports of Morella with the

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mountains, like

Serra de Vallivana Serra de Vallivana (, es, Sierra de Vallivana) or Muntanyes de Vallivana is an over long mountain range straddling the Alt Maestrat and Baix Maestrat comarcas, Valencian Community, Spain. Geography The highest point of the range is the 1,275 m ...

Serra d'En Celler Serra d'En Celler is a mountain range of the Valencian Community, Spain. Its main peaks are 1,281 m high Tossal de la Nevera and Tossal d'Orenga (1,144 m). Geography The heights of the Serra d'En Celler range are frequently covered with snow ev ...

, Tossal de la Nevera and Tossal de la Barbuda.

Villages

The municipality of Catí includes the following villages and hamlets: * L'Avellà. * Hostal del Mestre. * Masía Costereta. * Masía d'En Ramon. * Masía de Evaristo. * Masía de Gatella. * Masía de Jaime Vicente. * Masía de Roblasco. * Masía de Segarra de Arriba. * Masía Font Nova.

History

On January 25, 1239, Catí was given to populate by Blasco of Alagón to Ramon de Bocona and to forty residents more, this fact was confirmed by king

James I of Aragon James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276 ...

. The surnames of those neighbors are supposed to come from the land of

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

. Fidelity was Ramon de Bocona's main virtue which is recognized in his shield weapon whose main figure is walking a dog, a symbol of active loyalty. Catí has participated in many of the historic events surrounding nearby Morella. Knights from Catí took part in the conquest of Mazalquivir,

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and Bougie, in the ship belonging to the Bayle of Morella, despite the fact that the town of Catí, along with other neighboring villages, began in 1292 a lawsuit against Morella. The matter was not settled until 1691.

References

External links

''País Valencià, poble a poble, comarca a comarca'' by Paco González Ramírez

Casa de Banys L'Avellá - Catí

Institut Valencià d'Estadística

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