french cerdagne has no special status inside france, simply forming an area within the "department" of pyrénées-orientales, unlike the spanish part of cerdanya, which is officially a catalan "comarca" called simply cerdanya. in france, the french area is referred to as either "cerdagne française" (i.e. "french cerdagne"), "haute cerdagne" (i.e. "upper cerdagne") or just "cerdagne".