Cerdanya (; es, Baja Cerdaña, ; french: Basse-Cerdagne, ) is a
''comarca'' in northern
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
, in the
Pyrenees
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, on the border of Catalonia with
France
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and
Andorra
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. Within Catalonia, Cerdanya is divided between Catalan provinces of
Girona
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and
Lleida. Cerdanya's neighbouring comarques are
Alt Urgell,
Berguedà, and
Ripollès.
Cerdanya is in the "
vegueria" of Alt Pirineu, according to "Vegueries of Catalonia law".
The area is sometimes called Baixa Cerdanya (; literally "Lower Cerdanya") to distinguish it from ''
Alta Cerdanya'' ("Upper Cerdanya") which was ceded to France by the
Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
Can be distinguished the "subcomarques" of la Batllia or petita Cerdanya, and el Baridà.
Llívia in Cerdanya is a Catalan
exclave
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