Vallespir

Vallespir (French pronunciation: [valɛspiʁ]; Catalan pronunciation: [bəʎəsˈpi]) is a historical Catalan comarca in Northern Catalonia, part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.

The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders the comarques of Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà, Garrotxa and Ripollès.

It lies in the Tech River valley, which crosses it from west to east.

The northern half of the comarca is dominated by the Pla Guillem and the mountain of Canigó, and to the south are the mountains of Puig de Comanegra and Roc de la Fraussa.

[1] By the 18th century, the form Vall de Spir appears to be the most common, seen in documents from 1706 and 1813.