The Autonomous Community of Catalonia (; ; Aranese: Comunautat Autonoma de Catalonha) shares borders with France and Andorra North, Aragon West, Valencia South and 580 kms of landcoast in the Mediterranean Sea East.

a geographical and administrative region of northeastern Spain.

Self-governing region of Spain; bastion of Republican defence, its fall after Franco's assault at the end of 1938 led to the end of the war.