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Cerdanya is a comarca in northern Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, in the Pyrenees, on the border of Catalonia with France and Andorra. Within Catalonia. Cerdanya is divided between Catalan provinces of Lleida and Girona. Cerdanya's neighbouring comarques are Alt Urgell, Berguedà, and Ripollès.Cerdanya is in the "vegueria" of Alt Pirineu, according to "Vegueries of Catalonia law".The area is sometimes called Baixa Cerdanya to distinguish it from Alta Cerdanya which was ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.Can be distinguished the "subcomarques" of la Batllia or petita Cerdanya, and el Baridà.Llívia in Cerdanya is a Spanish exclave, completely surrounded by French territory.LiteraturePeter Sahlins, Boundaries. The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1989).