Alta Cerdanya

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Location of the Comarca Alta Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department

The Alta Cerdanya ( Upper Cerdanya ) is a comarca of northern Catalonia in the south of France . The capital is Mont-Louis ( catal . Montlluís ).

history

The Alta Cerdanya and the other comarques in northern Catalonia were separated from the rest of Catalonia as a result of the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 and assigned to France. Only the city of Llívia remained as an exclave in Spain.

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