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Fenouillèdes
Fenouillèdes (; ; ) is a French comarca and a traditional Occitan-speaking area in the '' département'' of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (''Sant Pau de Fenolhet''). Fenouillèdes has been part of France since the Treaty of Corbeil of 1258. In 1790, during the French Revolution, it was incorporated in a newly created département along with the Roussillon comarques. See also * Corbières Massif External links information site in FrenchLa Fenolleda''Information and history in Catalan Encyclopaedia''. Geography of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ; ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spain, Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the departments of Ariège (department), Ariège to the northwest and Aude to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east and the Spanish province of Girona in Catalonia to the south and the country of Andorra to the west. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish exclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain. In 2019, it had a population of 479,979.Populations légales 2019: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales INSEE Some parts of the Pyrénées-Orientales (like the Cerdagne) are part of the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sant Pau de Fenolhet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors International relations Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is twinned with the town of Ennis in the Republic of Ireland. Population Sites of interest * The church of the chapter (religion), chapter of Saint-Paul, built between the 14th and 17th centuries and protected as a monument historique since 1989. * The Saint-Antoine de Galamus hermitage, built in the 15th century, and described in 1821 by Joseph Antoine Cervini and Antoine Ignace Melling as the « most beautiful wonder of Roussillon ».Fabricio CardenasVieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''La plus belle merveille du Roussillon en 1821'' 27 April 2015 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
