- Veguerie of Àmbit metropolità
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   Àmbit metropolità
   Alt Pirineu i Aran
   Camp de Tarragona
   Comarques Centrals
   Comarques Gironines
   Ponent
   Terres de l'Ebre
] Veguerie of Àmbit metropolità [ [http://www.vegueries.com/barcelona/indexENG.htm Vegueries] ca es en fr] (in catalan Vegueria Àmbit metropolità) is one of the seven territories define by the Regional Plan ofCatalonia . It is located in the central coast ofCatalonia , inBarcelona (capital city ofCatalonia ) and its influence area. It is formed for seven "comarques":Alt Penedès ,Baix Llobregat ,Barcelonès ,Garraf ,Maresme ,Vallès Occidental andVallès Oriental . HoweverAlt Penedès andGarraf want to form another veguerie calledveguerie of Penedès (Penedès is an historical territory and veguerie) with two "comarques" more: Baix Penedès (veguerie of Camp de Tarragona ) and Anoia (veguerie of Ponent ).Veguerie of Àmbit metropolità is the veguerie with more population (4,800,762 inhabitants). With a density of 1,484.7 inhabitants/km2.
Veguerie
The Veguerie (
Vegueria in Catalan) was an important feudal land division in thePrincipality of Catalonia ,Kingdom of Sardinia , andDuchy of Athens during theMiddle Ages and into theModern Era until theNueva Planta decrees of1716 . It was the primary division of acounty in Catalonia and the basic territorial unit of government in Sardinia and Athens after those countries became part of theCrown of Aragon . The office of a veguer was called a vigeriate (Latin: "vigeriatus").In
1936 , Catalonia was reconstituted into "comarques" (until the abolition of the1939 and reconstituited again on1987 ). Each "comarca" was grouped with two to four others into a veguerie, of which there were nine, with their capitals atBarcelona ,Girona ,Tremp ,Vic ,Manresa ,Lleida ,Reus ,Tarragona , andTortosa .Under the
2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia , the four provinces which make up Catalonia are due to be replaced by seven vegueries, which will also take over many of the functions of the "comarques". As of February2007 , the final boundaries of the new vegueries had yet to be approved, but we know that we'll be at least that: Àmbit metropolità, Camp de Tarragona, Comarques Centrals, Ponent or Lleida, Comarques Gironines, Alt Pirineu i Aran, Terres de l'Ebre.References
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