Llívia

Spanish city


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native_name = Llívia
spanish_name = Llivia
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province = Gerona
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area =12.84
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population=1388
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Llívia is a town of Cerdanya, province of Gerona, Catalonia, Spain, that forms a Spanish exclave surrounded by French territory (Pyrénées-Orientales "département"). In 2007, the municipality of Llivia had a total population of 1,388. [ [http://www.idescat.net/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar&V1=17094 Idescat. Fitxes municipals. Llívia] ]

Llivia is separated from the rest of Spain by a corridor about 2 km (1.2 mi) wide, which includes the French communes of Ur and Bourg-Madame.

History

Llívia was the site of an Iberian oppidum which commanded the region and was named "Julia Libica" by the Romans. It was the ancient capital of Cerdanya in antiquity, before being replaced by Hix (commune of Bourg-Madame, France) in the Middle Ages. During the Visigothic period, its citadel, the "castrum Libiae", was held by the rebel Paul of Narbonne against king Wamba in 672.

In 1659, the Treaty of the Pyrenees ceded the "comarques" of Roussillon, Conflent, Capcir, Vallespir, and northern Cerdanya ("Cerdagne") to the French crown. Llívia did not become part of the French kingdom as the treaty stipulated that only villages were to be ceded to France, and Llívia was considered a city and not a village due to its status as the ancient capital of Cerdanya.

In 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War, there was some discussion of Llívia remaining a free territory of the defeated Republican government, but this was never carried out. [Robinson GWS (1959). [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1959.tb01614.x Exclaves] . Annals of the Association of American Geographers 49 (3), 283–295 doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1959.tb01614.x]

Demography

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pop_1900=941
pop_1930=743
pop_1950=755
pop_1970=856
pop_1986=930
pop_2005=1,252
pop_latest=1,388
latest_year=2007

Main activities

* Festcat. School for festivities and festivals.Every second complete week in July, classes about traditional and popular festivities and festivals in Catalonia, and different performances by leading artists. [http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/CulturaDepartament/menuitem.ab389f3014923b227db2b8f6b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=ab7305551ee82110VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ab7305551ee82110VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default Official website]

References

*Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). "Guia de Catalunya", Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).