vegueria

A vegueria (), plural '''''''', is the highest-level regional division of Catalonia. Each vegueria is further divided into comarques'' and municipalities. As of 2025, the divides the territory into eight vegueries. The autonomous Aran Valley, considered a "unique territorial entity", is not part of any vegueria.

Key facts

Subdivision type.name: Vegueries of Catalonia
Subdivision type.map: 300px
Subdivision type.caption: The eight vegueries of Catalonia and the autonomous Val d'Aran as of 2025.
Subdivision type.category: Regional government (de jure)Service distribution regionsStatistical regions
Subdivision type.territory: Catalonia
Subdivision type.upper_unit: Autonomous community
Subdivision type.current_number: 8
Subdivision type.number_date: 2025
Subdivision type.population_range: 65,998–5,066,684
Subdivision type.government: Vegueria council (de jure)
Subdivision type.subdivision: Counties and municipalities

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

List
History
Origins and functions
Historical vegueries
Second Spanish Republic
After the transition to democracy
Notes
References

The vegueries system is based on the feudal administrative territorial jurisdiction of the vegueries "vicariates" of the Principality of Catalonia, which was abolished with the Nueva Planta decrees of 1716. Preceding the vegueries is the division into ‘functional territorial areas’ in 1995, now mostly identical to the vegueries, except for the merger of the Val d'Aran and Alt Pirineu into a single Alt Pirineu i Aran region for statistical purposes. The current administrative division was established by the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006 with two functions: an inter-municipal government and the arrangement of the services from the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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