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Capcir is an
historical Catalan comarcaThis is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of
Northern CataloniaNorthern Catalonia is a term which is sometimes used,particularly in Catalan writings, to refer tothe territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyreneesin 1659. The equivalent term in French,...
, now part of the
FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
Département of
Pyrénées-OrientalesPyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
. The capital of the comarca was Formiguera, and it borders the historical comarques of
ConflentConflent is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. In the Middle Ages it comprised the County of Conflent....
and Alta Cerdanya. Capcir is on a plateau, averaging 1500 meters above sea level, and allows passage between the high valleys of
AudeAude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine and mother...
and both the Spanish
CerdanyaCerdanya is a comarca in northern Catalonia, Spain, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia. Cerdanya's neighbouring comarques are Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès....
and
French CerdagneFrench Cerdagne is the northern half of Cerdanya, which came under French control as a result of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, while the southern half remained in Spain . Catalonians often refer to French Cerdagne as "High Cerdanya" , although this name is not recognized in France...
. It has traditionally been rural, but has developed considerably in last the forty years thanks to its tourist attractions. Capcir has two nicknames: little
SiberiaSiberia , is the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the USSR from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the...
or little
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. This gives an idea of the climate which can prevail during the winter.
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