Autonomous Community of Cataluña, Spain Genealogy

Guide to Cataluña Autonomous Community, ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Autonomous Communities
Autonomous communities are larger jurisdictions found within Spain and may contain several provinces. It is both a political and administrative division. The autonomous communities of Spain were created in 1978. To learn more about them please read Autonomous communities of Spain.

History
Catalonia, (Spanish: Cataluña) is an autonomous community on the northeastern corner of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. It is bordered by France (Occitanie) and Andorra to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The autonomous community of Cataluña is divided into 947 municipalities and the capital is the city of Barcelona.

Provinces of Cataluña
Provinces within its jurisdiction include:
 * Barcelona
 * Gerona
 * Lérida
 * Tarragona