La Catalogne du Nord, aussi connue comme Catalogne nord (en catalan : Catalunya del Nord, Catalunya Nord ; en occitan : Catalonha del Nòrd, Catalonha Nòrd) ou Catalogne française, est l'appellation, principalement dans les Pays catalans, désignant la partie nord de la Catalogne cédée au royaume de France le 7 novembre 1659 en vertu du traité des Pyrénées.
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Northern Catalonia, North Catalonia or French Catalonia is the Catalan-speaking and cultural territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in exchange for France's effective renunciation to the protection over Catalonia in the context of the Reapers' War. The area corresponds roughly to the modern French département of the Pyrénées-Orientales which was historically part of the Principality of Catalonia since the old County of Barcelona, and remained part of it during the times of the Crown of Aragon and the Habsburg-ruled Monarchy of Spain, until they were separated and given to the Kingdom of France by the Crown of Spain.
The equivalent term in French, Catalogne du Nord, is used nowadays, although less often than the more politically neutral Roussillon; Roussillon, though, historically did not include Vallespir, Conflent and Cerdagne. The term Pays Catalan, "Catalan Country", is sometimes used.
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Corbère is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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Corbère-les-Cabanes is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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Castelnou is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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The Château de Castelnou is a medieval castle in the commune of Castelnou in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales.
The village of Castelnou takes its name from the castle. The Latin castellum novum became in Catalan castell nou, the "new castle".
L'expression désigne la partie du département français des Pyrénées-Orientales qui est de langue et culture catalanes, par opposition aux Fenouillèdes occitanes. Le gentilé est Nord-Catalan ou Catalan du Nord.