Catalonia

  • Catalunya (Catalan)
  • Catalonha (Occitan)
  • Cataluña (Spanish)
CountrySpain
StatusAutonomous community (styled as nationality)
Formation988 (Catalan Counties)
1137 (Union with Aragon)
1283 (Catalan constitutions)
1469 (Union of Castile and Aragon under Catholic Monarchs)
1716 (Nueva Planta decrees)
Statute of Autonomy9 September 1932
18 September 1979
9 August 2006 (current version)
Capital
and largest city
Barcelona
41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183
ProvincesBarcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona