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Catalan Countries

The term Catalan Regions (Catalan: Comunits Catalans).

The Catalan Regions would include:

This territory does not coincide exactly with the places where Catalan is the native language. For example, in the north-western region of Catalonia known as Val d'Aran (Valle de Arán), a dialect of Occitan is spoken and considered the native language, although Spanish and Catalan are also spoken. In some western and south-western places in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, only Spanish is spoken. The Catalan Regions are sometimes referred to as el pi de les tres branques (the three-branched pine, in Catalan) for its territory can be roughly divided in three parts:

  • The former kingdom of Majorca
  • The former kingdom of Valencia
  • The former Catalonia, comprising the Roussillon, and the current Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia.
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