Rosselló (comarca)

The comarca of Roussillon (Catalan: Rosselló) is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. Its capital is Perpignan (Catalan: Perpinyà).

Rosselló has an area of 1,498 km². In 1990, Rosselló had a population of 303,850 inhabitants, with a density of 202.8 people per km².

It comprises most of the historic county and province of Roussillon.

See also[]

• Counts of Roussillon

External links[]

• El Rosselló in Catalan Encyclopaedia.

Coordinates: 42°40′N 2°49′E / 42.667°N 2.817°E / 42.667; 2.817

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