What is Pyrénées-Orientales?
Q: What is Pyrénées-Orientales?
A: Pyrénées-Orientales is a department in the region of Occitanie in southern France, located next to the northern Spanish border and the Mediterranean Sea.
Q: What languages are spoken in Pyrénées-Orientales?
A: The department is formed by the historically Catalan-speaking area of Rosillon and Fenouillèdes, an historically Occitan-speaking area.
Q: What areas make up Pyrénées-Orientales?
A: The areas that make up Pyrénées-Orientales include Roussillon (modern), Haute Cerdagne (or simply Cerdagne), Conflent, Vallespir and Capcir.
Q: Where is Pyrénées-Orientales located?
A: Pyrénées-Orientales is located in southern France, next to the northern Spanish border and the Mediterranean Sea.
Q: How does one say "Eastern Pyrenees" in Catalan?
A: In Catalan, Eastern Pyrenees is said as Pirineus Orientals.
Q: How does one say "Eastern Pyrenees" in Occitan?
A: In Occitan, Eastern Pyrenees is said as Pirenèus Orientals.
Q: What language was historically spoken in Fenouillèdes? A: Historically, Fenouillèdes was an Occitan speaking area.
