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Anthem: Els Segadors (Catalan ) "The Reapers" Location of Catalonia (red) in Spain
Coordinates: 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E / 41.817; 1.467 Coordinates : 41°49′N 1°28′E / 41.817°N 1.467°E / 41.817; 1.467 Country Spain Status Autonomous community (styled as nationality ) Formation 988 (Catalan Counties )Union with Aragon )1283 (Catalan constitutions ) Union of Castile and Aragon under Catholic Monarchs )Nueva Planta decrees ) Statute of Autonomy 9 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 Provinces Barcelona , Girona , Lleida , Tarragona • Type Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy • Body Generalitat of Catalonia • President Pere Aragonès (ERC ) • Legislature Parliament • Congress of Deputies 48 Deputies (of 350) • Senate 24 Senators (of 265) • Total 32,108 km2 (12,397 sq mi) • Rank 6th in Spain • Total 7,522,596 • Rank 2nd in Spain (16%) • Density 234/km2 (610/sq mi) • Total €224 billion • Per capita €30,100 • Total $343 billion • Per capita $46,024 Time zone UTC+1 (CET ) • Summer (DST ) UTC+2 (CEST )ISO 3166 code ES-CT Official languages Patron saints Saint George (Sant Jordi ), Virgin of Montserrat HDI (2017)0.905very high · 4th Website gencat.cat
Catalonia (Catalan : Catalunya Spanish : Cataluña : Occitan : Catalonha Spanish autonomous community . It is south of the eastern Pyrenees , and has a northern border with France .
Catalonia is made up of four provinces: Barcelona , Tarragona , Girona (Spanish : Gerona ) and Lleida (Spanish : Lérida ). It has a population of over seven million people. Catalonia has three official languages: Catalan, Spanish and Occitan . The last is spoken in a small region of northern Catalonia that borders France and is known in Occitan as Val d'Aran .
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