PYRENEAN ISTHMUS AND PERIPHERIA

PYRENEAN ISTHMUS AND PERIPHERIA

PYRENEAN ISTHMUS FACTS


According to PIF:

THE PYRENEAN ISTHMUS (PI) IS MADE UP OF A TOTAL OF 33 COUNTIES OR CANTONS, AND ONE COUNTRY.

Country:  ANDORRA (with its own seven counties or cantons named "comus").

Counties or Cantons: 
          
                        ALACANT
                        ARABA
                        ARIÉJA
                        AUDE
                        BARCELONA
                        BIZKAIA
                        CANTABRIA
                        CASTELLO
                        ERAU
                        GARD 
                        GERS
                        GIPUZKOA
                        GIRONA
                        GIRONDA
                        ILLES BALEARS
                        LA RIOJA
                        LANAS
                        LLEIDA
                        NAFARROA GARAIA
                        NAUTA GARONA
                        NAUTS PIRINEUS
                        OLT E GARONA
                        PIRINEUS ATLANTICS
                        PIRINEUS ORIENTALS
                        SARAGOSSA
                        SORIA
                        TARN
                        TARN E GARONA
                        TARRAGONA
                        TERUEL
                        TREBINYU KONDERRIA
                        UESCA
                        VALENCIA 



 
According to PIF:

THE PYRENEAN ISTHMUS (PI) IS MADE UP OF A TOTAL OF 8576 TOWNS OR CITIES.

ANDORRA (as a country has 51).

By Counties or Cantons:

ALACANT......................................141
ARABA............................................51
ARIÈJA..........................................332
AUDE............................................438
BARCELONA................................312
BIZKAIA........................................111
CANTABRIA..................................102
CASTELLO....................................135
ERAU.............................................343
GARD.............................................353
GERS.............................................463
GIPUZKOA......................................85
GIRONA.........................................221
GIRONDA......................................542
ILLES BALEARS..............................67
LA RIOJA........................................174
LANAS............................................331
LLEIDA...........................................231
NAFARROA GARAIA........................57
NAUTA GARONA...........................589
NAUTS PIRENEUS........................474
OLT E GARONA.............................319
PIRENEUS-ATLANTICS.................547
PIRENEUS-ORIENTALS.................226
SARAGOSSA..................................292
SORIA...........................................183
TARN.............................................324
TARN E GARONA..........................195
TARRAGONA.................................183
TERUEL.........................................236
TREBINYO.........................................1
UESCA...........................................202
VALENCIA......................................265



THE PYRENEAN ISTHMUS HAS A TOTAL SURFACE OF 169 746 SQUARE KILOMETERS

According to PIF:

The PI has a total surface of 169 746 square kilometers.

169 746 square kilometers.......
That would put the Pyrenean Isthmus in 92nd place in the world in regard to its surface area; right between Uruguay and Suriname. 

ANDORRA AS A COUNTRY HAS 468 SQUARE KILOMETERS.
By counties or cantons:

ALACANT.........................................5 816
ARABA..............................................2 963
ARIEJA..............................................4 890
AUDE................................................6 139
BARCELONA....................................7 773
BIZKAIA............................................2 217
CANTABRIA......................................5 321
CASTELLO........................................6 679
ERAU.................................................6 101
GARD.................................................5 853
GERS.................................................6 257
GIPUZKOA........................................1 909
GIRONA............................................5 910
GIRONDA........................................10 000
ILLES BALEARS...............................4 992
LA RIOJA...........................................5 045
LANAS...............................................9 243
LLEIDA............................................12 150
NAFARROA GARAIA.......................10 391
NAUTA GARONA..............................6 309
NAUTS PIRENEUS...........................4 464
OLT E GARONA................................5 361
PIRENEUS-ATLANTICS....................7 645
PIRENEUS-ORIENTALS....................4 116
SARAGOSSA....................................17 274
SORIA...............................................10 165
TARN..................................................5 758
TARN E GARONA...............................3 718
TARRAGONA......................................6 303
TERUEL............................................14 809
TREBINYO.............................................260
UESCA..............................................15 636
VALENCIA........................................10 763














2011-11-29

THE PYRENEAN ISTHMUS HAS AT LEAST TEN LANGUAGES.

According to PIF, at least TEN languages are spoken in the Pyrenean Isthmus, which makes it one of the most diverse areas of the world in regards to its cultures.

ANDORRA, the only country of the istmus, has the Catalan as an official language, and it is the most encouraged to learn at all levels. Also, other Europeans languages are spoken, like French, Spanish, Portuguese, Occitan, English, Russian.

By counties or cantons:

ALACANT.....................................Catala-Valencian, Spanish.
ARABA..........................................Euskara, Spanish.
ARIEJA..........................................Occitan-Gascon, French.
AUDE............................................Occitan, French.
BARCELONA................................Catala, Spanish.
BIZKAIA........................................Euskara, Spanish.
CANTABRIA..................................Cantabro, Spanish.
CASTELLO....................................Catala-Valencian, Spanish.
ERAU.............................................Occitan, French.
GARD.............................................Occitan, French.
GERS.............................................Occitan-Gascon, French.
GIPUZKOA....................................Euskara, Spanish.
GIRONA.........................................Catala, Spanish.
GIRONDA......................................Occitan-Gascon, French.
ILLES BALEARS...........................Catala, Spanish, German, English.
LA RIOJA.......................................Spanish, Euskara.
LANAS...........................................Occitan-Gascon, French.
LLEIDA..........................................Catala-Lleidata, Occitan-Aranes, Spanish.
NAFARROA GARAIA.....................Euskara, French.
NAUTA GARONA..........................Occitan-Gascon, French.
NAUTS PIRENEUS.......................Occitan-Gascon, French.
OLT E GARONA............................Occitan-Gascon, French.
PIRENEUS-ATLANTICS................Occitan-Gascon-Bearnes, Euskara, French.
PIRENEUS-ORIENTALS................Occitan, Catala, French.
SARAGOSSA..................................Aragonese, Catala, Spanish.
SORIA............................................Spanish, Euskara.
TARN.............................................Occitan, French.
TARN E GARONA.........................Occitan, French.
TARRAGONA.................................Catala, Spanish.
TERUEL.........................................Aragonese, Catala, Spanish.
TREBINYO.....................................Spanish, Euskara.
UESCA...........................................Aragonese, Catala, Spanish.
VALENCIA.....................................Catala-Valencian, Spanish.