Catalonia (/ ˌ k æ t ə ˈ l oʊ n i ə /; Catalan: Catalunya [kətəˈluɲə, kataˈluɲa]; Aranese Occitan: Catalonha [kataˈluɲa]; Spanish: Cataluña [kataˈluɲa]) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran), lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees ...

In Lloret de Mar, a municipality with 14 census tracts, four of them are ethnic enclaves (two Type A and two Type B), and their population accounts for 36% of the total (40,282 people). In Salou, two of the eleven tracts can be considered ethnic enclaves; 7,800 people (29.8% of the total) live in these two tracts.

Catalans are the same ethnicity as everyone in Spain, it has nothing to do with race. They tried to relate it to race back in the day (19th century in the midst of Romanticism and nationalism when Catalan separatism appeared) looking for the common ancestor of all Catalans, measuring skulls and showing how Catalan skulls were the biggest in Spain naturally.

The Catalan language has long been cast as a key sign of identity and a rallying point for Catalan nationalism. This classic anthropological study, originally published in 1989 and now available for the first time in paperback, provides essential background for understanding Catalan national identity and its relationship to the distinctive Catalan language.

The Catalan language is a member of the Romance language family and most closely related to Provençal (Occitan) which is spoken in southern France. Being Western Europeans, it is no surprise that the most common Y-DNA haplogroup among Catalans is a …

11/02/2022 · Instead, we are left with the same old regionalist theory of the natural differences between Spaniards and Catalans: “Catalonia is ‘by nature’ a ‘living body’, well differentiated and able to work by itself” [9]. More subtle discrimination can be found in chapters 5 and 6.

14/10/2019 · Catalonia is a semi-autonomous region in north-east Spain with a distinct history dating back almost 1,000 years. The wealthy region …

26/11/2019 · 11 Reasons Why Catalonia Is a Unique Region in Spain. Catalonia merged with Spain in 1469, but has attempted to separate itself in modern times. Though the region endured heavy repression under the Fascist rule of Spain in the mid-20th century, it retains its own language and traditions to this day.