What is the only country with Catalan as an official language?

Andorra
Andorra, a European sovereign state where Catalan is the national and only official language.

What country is Catalan spoken?

Catalan is not, as some believe, a dialect of Spanish, but a language that developed independently out of the vulgar Latin spoken by the Romans who colonised the Tarragona area. It is spoken by 9 million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Isles, Andorra and the town of Alghero in Sardinia.

What language is Catalan closest to?

Occitan is the closest language to Catalan. Both belong to the Occitano-Romance subgroup (Occitan, Catalan and the extinct Navarro-Aragonese language).

Is Catalan spoken in France?

Catalan is spoken natively in parts of Spain (in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands), France (in the area of the Pyrénées-Orientales), Andorra and even Italy.

Are the Balearic Islands Catalan?

The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is Palma de Mallorca. The official languages of the Balearic Islands are Catalan and Spanish.

Is Toulouse Catalan?

The Counts of Toulouse and the Cross of Toulouse: Occitan: the Relationship with Catalan. It is also still widely spoken in the Roussillon (the part of Catalonia now on the French side of the national border). It is the official language of Andorra.

Is Catalan spoken in Italy?

Algherese or Alguerese (Algherese: alguerés) is the variant of Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero (L’Alguer in Catalan), in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy.

Why is Catalan spoken in Mallorca?

The capital of the island is Palma de Mallorca. Language is a part of majorcan culture. The island has two official languages, Castilian (Spanish) and Catalan, while locals prefer to speak their Mallorquin dialect. In the 13th century, the Catalan settlers brought their own language, which the locals still speak today.

Is Catalan spoken in Mallorca?

Mallorca belongs to Spain and has two official languages – Castellano and Catalan.

Is Perpignan a Catalan?

It is just a short drive to Perpignan – the second biggest Catalan city, after Barcelona. The surrealist artist Salvador Dali, born across the border in Figueres, called Perpignan’s railway station “the centre of the world”.

How did Catalonia become an independent Republic?

On October 10th, in the aftermath of the 1 October 2017 Catalan independence referendum, a document establishing Catalonia as an independent republic was signed by the members of Catalonia’s pro-independence parliamentary majority.

What are the Catalan Countries?

Catalan Countries. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and parts of Aragon and Murcia, as well as Roussillon in France, the Principality of Andorra, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia (Italy). In the context of Catalan nationalism, the term is sometimes used in a more restricted way to refer…

Are the Catalans’ referendums legal?

In November of last year, Catalans held the most recent of these referendums, with more than 80\% of voters choosing independence. The Spanish government has deemed these referendums illegal and do not officially recognize the results.

What happens next for Catalonia after direct rule?

What happens next is unclear. But Catalonia will face significant challenges attempting to assert its independence in the face of Spain’s decision to impose direct rule on the region.