The Sordones were an ancient (Pre- Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the

Iberian language The Iberian language was the language of an indigenous western European people identified by Greek and Roman sources who lived in the eastern and southeastern regions of the Iberian Peninsula in the pre-Migration Era (before about 375 AD). The a ...

. Their territory was located in the

Roussillon Roussillon ( , , ; ca, Rosselló ; oc, Rosselhon ) is a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the reg ...

, in what is now the

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

département of

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

and was limited in the west by the Pyrenees. They are classified as ancient Iberian or as ancient Gauls according to the sources.Museu d'arqueologia de Catalunya - La ruta dels ibers
/ref> The main towns of the Sordones were Ruscino, present-day Château-Roussillon near

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

, and Illiberis, present day

Elne Elne (; ca, Elna ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It lies in the former province of Roussillon, of which it was the first capital, being later replaced by Perpignan. Its inhabitants are still called ...

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Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)Cité antique de Ruscino - Perpigna Town Hall Webpage
Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula Ancient peoples of Spain History of Catalonia {{Spain-hist-stub

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