Comarques of Catalonia
The comarques of Catalonia (singular comarca, Eastern Catalan: [kuˈmarkə], Western Catalan: [koˈmaɾka]), often referred to in English as counties, are an administrative division of Catalonia. Each comarca comprises a number of municipalities, roughly equivalent to a county in the United States. Currently, Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and Aran, considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca.
Each comarca has a representative county council (Catalan: consell comarcal), except for Barcelonès, which abolished it in 2019, and Aran, which instead has the Conselh Generau d'Aran.
Comarques form the second-level administrative division within Catalonia, being a subdivision of vegueries (or provinces at state level).
Segarra
Solsonès
Lluçanès
Moianès
Osona
Pallars
Sobirà Val
d'Aran Pallars
Jussà Noguera
Urgell
Pla
d'Urgell Segrià
Vallès
Occidental Maresme
Vallès Oriental
Ripollès
Pla de
l'Estany Selva
Tarragonès
Priorat
Ribera
d'Ebre Terra
Alta Montsià Northern Catalonia/
Pyrénées-Orientales (France) Valencia Mediterranean Sea
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