Conflent () is a
historical Catalan comarca of
Northern Catalonia, now part of the French
department of
Pyrénées-Orientales. In the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
it comprised the
County of Conflent.
The capital of this ''pays'' is
Prades ( ca, Prada de Conflent), and it borders the ''pays'' of
Capcir
Capcir (; ) is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca was Formiguera, and it borders the historical comarques of Conflent and Alta Cerdanya. Ca ...
,
Rosselló,
Vallespir
Vallespir (; ) is a historical Catalan comarca in Northern Catalonia, part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà, Garrotxa and Ripollès ...
,
Alta Cerdanya and
Ripollès, and the
Occitan-speaking
pays
In France, a ''pays'' () is an area whose inhabitants share common geographical, economic, cultural, or social interests, who have a right to enter into communal planning contracts under a law known as the Loi Pasqua or LOADT (''Loi d'Orientation ...
of
Fenolleda.
It roughly corresponds to the valley of the
Têt River ( ca, Tet) and its neighbourhoods between
Rodès
Rodès (; oc, Rodès) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Rodès is in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades
The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France ...
and
Mont-Louis ( ca, Montlluís). Conflent is dominated by the
Canigou
The Canigó ( ca, Canigó, french: Canigou ; la, mons Canigosus or Canigonis) is a mountain located in the Pyrenees of southern France.
The Canigó is located less than from the sea and has an elevation of . Due to its sharp flanks and its dra ...
( ca, Canigó) mountain.
See also
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Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees (french: Traité des Pyrénées; es, Tratado de los Pirineos; ca, Tractat dels Pirineus) was signed on 7 November 1659 on Pheasant Island, and ended the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635.
Negotiations were ...
*
Yellow Train
The ''Ligne de Cerdagne'', usually referred to as ''Le Petit Train Jaune'' ( en, Little Yellow Train, ca, Tren Groc), is a gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the French Pyrenees. Construction st ...
External links
Conflent''in Catalan Encyclopaedia''.
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Geography of Pyrénées-Orientales