Conflent (; ) is a
historical Catalan comarca of
Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia or French Catalonia is the Catalan language, Catalan-speaking and cultural territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in exchange for France's effective renu ...
, now part of the French
department of
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 ...
. In the
Middle Ages
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it comprised the
County of Conflent.
The capital of this ''pays'' is
Prades (), and it borders the ''pays'' of
Capcir,
Rosselló,
Vallespir,
Alta Cerdanya and
Ripollès
Ripollès (; ) is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in the Comarques Gironines, Girona region, Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Vall de Ribes, Ribes and Camprodon river valleys. In 2001, its population was 25,744, about 40% of whom ...
, and the
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
-speaking
pays of
Fenolleda.
It roughly corresponds to the valley of the
Têt River () and its neighbourhoods between
Rodès and
Mont-Louis (). Conflent is dominated by the
Canigou () mountain.
Prades from south-west.jpg, The town of Prades, in the Têt valley, seen from the south-west.
Fillols, Conflent.jpg, The village of Fillols (Conflent), lying at the foot of Canigou mountain.
See also
*
Treaty of the Pyrenees
*
Yellow Train
The ''Ligne de Cerdagne'' (), usually referred to as ''Le Petit Train Jaune'' (, ), is a track gauge, gauge Narrow gauge railway, railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the France, French Pyrenees.
Histor ...
External links
Conflent''in Catalan Encyclopaedia''.
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Geography of Pyrénées-Orientales