The Via Catalana 2014, or V. The Catalan Way 2014. The "V" was 11 kilometers in length and about 200,000 square meters in area and almost 1.000.000 people. The Catalan Way 2014 (Via Catalana 2014), or "V", was a large gathering in Barcelona on 11 September 2014, the National Day of Catalonia, in support of the Catalan self-determination referendum of 2014 and of Catalan independence from Spain.