Fenouillèdes (French pronunciation: [fənujɛd] ⓘ; Occitan: Fenolhedés/Fenolheda; Catalan: Fenolledès/Fenolleda) is a French comarca and a traditional Occitan-speaking area in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (Sant Pau de Fenolhet).
Fenouillèdes has been part of France since the Treaty of Corbeil of 1258. In 1790, during the French Revolution, it was incorporated in a newly created département along with the Roussillon comarques.
External links
External links
- information site in French
- La Fenolleda Deprecated link archived 2013-02-21 at archive.today Information and history in Catalan Encyclopaedia.
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