Province of Catalonia within the Kingdom of Spain

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The Province of Catalonia within the Kingdom of Spain was a 19th-century Spanish administrative division that replaced the historic Principality of Catalonia under the centralized provincial system established after the end of the ancien régime.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of Spain
historical administrative division
administrativeLevel first-level administrative division
administrativePurpose standardization of provincial administration in Spain
appliesToPeriod 19th century
belongsTo Spanish provincial system
country Kingdom of Spain
followedEvent end of the ancien régime in Spain
governmentSystem centralized provincial system
hasCapital Barcelona
hasTerritorialContinuityWith modern autonomous community of Catalonia
historicalRegion Habsburg Spain
surface form: "Old Regime Spain"
historicalRole instrument of centralization of the Spanish state in Catalonia
historicalSignificance marked transition from feudal principality to modern province in Catalonia
languageUsed Catalan
Spanish
legalStatus province of Spain
locatedIn Catalonia
Iberian Peninsula
partOf Spain
Spanish monarchy
precededBy Principality of Catalonia
reformContext Spanish provincial division reforms of the 19th century
replaced Principality of Catalonia
replacedBy Province of Barcelona
Province of Girona
Province of Lleida
Province of Tarragona
successorAdministrativeStructure modern provincial division of Catalonia
timePeriod post-Napoleonic Spain

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Principality of Catalonia successor Province of Catalonia within the Kingdom of Spain

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