Travel Alert Status
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Time Difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
Travel Currency
0.9214
Language Spoken
Catalan is a modern Romance language, closely related to Occitan (the language spoken in southern France). It uses acute and grave accents (as in é and è), dieresis (as in ï), a mid dot to separate two l, the "ela geminada" l·l, and the "ce trencada" ç.
Languages
Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
Ethnic Groups
Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6%
National Holiday
Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)
Geographic Coordinates
42 30 N, 1 30 E
Location
Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain