Catalans

For other uses, see Catalan (disambiguation).

Catalans[a]
Total population
c. 9 million
Regions with significant populations
 Spain
         (people born in  Catalonia of any ethnicity; excludes ethnic Catalans in other regions in Spain)		8,005,784 (2023)[1]
 France
         (people born in Pyrénées-Orientales)		491,000 (2023)[2]
 Argentina
         (estimates vary)		188,000[citation needed]
 Mexico63,000[citation needed]
 Germany48,000[citation needed]
 Peru39,000[citation needed]
 Andorra29,000[citation needed]
 Italy
         (Algherese dialect speakers in Alghero, Sardinia)		20,000[3]
 Chile16,000[citation needed]
 Brazil11,787[citation needed]
 Venezuela6,200[citation needed]
 Colombia6,100[4]
 Cuba3,600[citation needed]
 Ecuador3,500[5]
 United States
         (estimates vary)		700-1,750[6][7]
 Canada1,283[8]
 Finland103[9]
Languages
Catalan, Catalan Sign
Occitan (In Aran Valley)
Spanish, French, Italian (as a result of immigration or language shift)
Related ethnic groups
Occitans, Spaniards (Aragonese, Castilians), Valencians, Northern Italians
Catalan / Valencian cultural domain
History
People
Language
Geo-political divisions
Government and politics
Traditions
Cuisine
Art
Literature
Music and performing arts
Sport
Sport in Catalonia
Symbols

Catalans (Catalan, French and Occitan: catalans; Spanish: catalanes; Italian: catalani; Sardinian: cadelanos or catalanos)[a] are a Romance ethnic group[10][11][12] native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan.[13] The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia, a nationality and autonomous community in Spain[14] and the inhabitants of the Roussillon historical region in southern France, today the Pyrénées Orientales department,[15] also called Northern Catalonia[16][17][18] and Pays Catalan in French.[19][20][21][22]

Some authors also extend the word "Catalans" to include all people from areas in which Catalan is spoken, namely those from Andorra, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, eastern Aragon, Roussillon, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia.[23][24][25]

The Catalan government regularly surveys its population regarding its "sentiment of belonging". As of July 2019, the results point out that 46.7% of the Catalans and other people living in Catalonia would like independence from Spain, 1.3% less than the year before.[26]


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  11. ^ Cole, Jeffrey (2011). Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 67. ISBN 978-0313309847. As a relatively wealthy, peaceful and generally successful ethnic-national unit, Catalans have often sought to be a model for conflictive zones in Europe
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  13. ^ Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 156. ISBN 0313309841. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2018. The Catalans are a Romance people
  14. ^ Article 7 of Catalonia's Statute of Autonomy of 2006: "Gaudeixen de la condició política de catalans o ciutadans de Catalunya els ciutadans espanyols que tenen veïnatge administratiu a Catalunya."
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  23. ^ "Catalan" (in Catalan). Institut d'Estudis Catalans dictionary. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Relative to or belonging to the Catalan Countries or their inhabitants
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  25. ^ Danver, Steven L. (2013). Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. p. 278. ISBN 978-1317464006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2020. The majority of Catalans (5.9 million) live in the northeast of Spain in the administrative regions of Catalonia and Valencia.
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