Province: Cerdagne

Owners Title: Conde

% of Worldwide          0.3%                    Starting Population     100                     

Population                                                                                      

% of Worldwide          0.3%                    Starting Income         1,980                   

Income                                                                                          

% of Worldwide GDP      0.1%                    Starting GDP            6,685                   

% of Worldwide          0.6%                    Starting Surplus        180
                     

Surplus                                                                                         

Language: H1

Kingdom: Catalonia

Starting Owner: Berenguer (197)

Starting Overlord :Berenguer (197)

Regional Location: South of Marseilles

Comments: Cerdagne, more correctly Cerdaga, is a large county nestled against the southern slope of the Pyrennes. An ancient Roman foundation, it was incorporated in the Visigothic Kingdom in the 5th century. During the Islamic invasion in the 7th century, Cerdagne was one of several Christian states which emerged in the shelter of the Pyrennes. Often overrun by the Moors, it was incorporated in Charlemagne's Frankish Empire in the 8th century, and thereafter passed under the influence of the Dukes of Aquitaine for many years, until it gradually passed into the orbit of the Catalans and Aragonese. The count is presently held by the King of Mallorca . The county is under the ecclesiastical authority of the Archbishop of Tarragona. There is little industry, and the soil is poor.