Rosselló (comarca)

The comarca of Roussillon (French pronunciation: [ʁusijɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Catalan: Rosselló, pronounced [rusəˈʎo] ^ⓘ) is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. Its capital is Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà).

Rosselló has an area of 1,498 km². In 1990, Rosselló had a population of 303,850 inhabitants, with a density of 202.8 people per km².

It comprises most of the historic county and province of Roussillon.

• Counts of Roussillon

• El Rosselló in Catalan Encyclopaedia.

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Pays of the Pyrénées-Orientales department

• Albères
• Aspres
• Capcir
• Upper Cerdagne
• Conflent
• Corbières catalanes
• Côte Vermeille
• Fenouillèdes
• Ribéral
• Roussillon
• Salanque
• Vallespir

42°40′N 2°49′E / 42.667°N 2.817°E / 42.667; 2.817

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