County of Cerdanya

The County of Cerdanya (Catalan: Comtat de Cerdanya, IPA: [kumˈtad səɾˈðaɲə]; Latin: Comitatus Ceritaniae; Spanish: Condado de Cerdaña, French: Comté de Cerdagne) was one of the Catalan counties formed in the last decades of the 8th century by the Franks in the Marca Hispanica. The original Cerdanya consisted of the valley of the upper Segre. Today Cerdanya is a Catalan comarca.

County of Cerdanya
798–1403
of County of Cerdanya
Coat of arms
Common languages
Ethnic groups
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentFeudal County
Count of Cerdanya 
• 798-820
Borrell I (first)
• 1375-1403
Isabella (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
798
• Merged with the Crown of Aragon
1403
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Francia
Crown of Aragon
Today part ofCatalonia

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