La cerdagne pays-frontiere. 1936-1948. Rupture ou continuite?
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Abstract EN:
Cerdanya, a geographical, historical and cultural unity, was divided between france and spain in 1660. Both cerdanyas, very close to each other from a human point of view, drifted apart, as regards institutions and more particularly politics. In july 1936, the spanish civil war changed this situation. The "cerdans" were no longer divided into french and spanish but into supporters of the military rebellion or the popular front. The political opinions of "cerdans", for the first time, had nothing to do with the border. From 1940 to 1944 the similarities between franquism and the national revolution, the isolation of the two cerdanyas with the creation of forbidden zones, the bad condition of communication routes, compelled "cerdans" to tighten their ancestral links. In august 1944 the "liberation" spirit and franquism being incompatible, the two cerdanyas were again divided.
Abstract FR:
La cerdagne, unite geographique, historique et culturelle, a ete partage en 1660 entre la france et l'espagne. Les deux cerdagnes, tres proches humainement, evoluent differemment au niveau institutionnel et, en particulier, politique. En juillet 1936, la guerre civile espagnole modifie cette donnee. Les cerdans ne se divisent plus entre francais et espagnols mais entre partisans du soulevement militaire et du front populaire. La cerdagne connait alors la situation originale d'avoir des opinions politiques independamment de la frontiere. De 1940 a 1944, les ressemblances du franquisme et de la revolution nationale, l'isolement des deux cerdagnes avec l'etablissement de zones interdites, le mauvais etat des voies de communication contraignent les cerdans a resserrer leurs liens ancestraux. En aout 1944, a la liberation, l'impossible cohabitation de l'"esprit de la liberation" et du franquisme separe a nouveau les deux cerdagnes.