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Pallars
Pallars is a historical and natural region of Catalonia. Located in the Pre-Pyrenees and Pyrenees area, most of its territory is mountainous. The Noguera Pallaresa river is named after this region. Geography The physiography of the Pallars natural region includes the Noguera Pallaresa river basin with its tributaries. The region encompasses as well as the mountain ranges spanning the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees area that surround the basin until the Serra del Montsec which forms the limit of the Pallars at its southern end. Municipalities In present times the most important town of the Pallars is Tremp. Pallars Jussà Abella de la Conca, Castell de Mur, Conca de Dalt, Gavet de la Conca, Isona i Conca Dellà, Llimiana, La Pobla de Segur, Salàs de Pallars, Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Sarroca de Bellera, Senterada, Talarn, La Torre de Cabdella and Tremp. Pallars Sobirà Alins, Alt Àneu, Baix Pallars, Espot, Esterri d'Àneu, Esterri de Cardós, Farrera, La Guingue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baix Pallars
Baix Pallars is a town and municipality in the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, northern Spain. The village of Gerri de la Sal is the administrative center of the municipality and home to the medieval monastery of Santa Maria de Gerri. History The Baix Pallars municipality was established in 1969 with the merger of the Baén, Gerri de la Sal, Montcortès de Pallars and Peramea municipalities. Villages The municipality includes the following villages and hamlets with their respective population. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica 2011 Census * Ancs, 3 inhabitants * Baén, 15 inhabitants * Balestui, 10 inhabitants * Bresca, 17 inhabitants * Bretui, 16 inhabitants * Buseu, 1 inhabitant *Canals, 0 inhabitants * Cabestany, 2 inhabitants * Castellnou de Peramea, 2 inhabitants * El Comte, 3 inhabitants * Cortscastell, 4 inhabitants * Cuberes, 0 inhabitants * L'Espluga de Cuberes, 0 inhabitants * Enseu, 4 inhabitants *Gerri de la Sal, 136 inhabitants * Masies de Llaràs, 8 inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salàs De Pallars
Salas de Pallars is a municipality in the comarca of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is about 8 km from Tremp Tremp () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (),The municipality of Tortosa is historically larger than Tremp, but was subdivid ... and 5 km from Pobla de Segur. The town is served by the C-147 motorway. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Jussà {{Lleida-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremp
Tremp () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (),The municipality of Tortosa is historically larger than Tremp, but was subdivided into five separate municipalities between 1977 and 1983. accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the ''comarca''. The municipality is a geographical oddity and consists of five separate territorial entities within the ''comarca'' (district) of Pallars Jussa (see image). The town of Tremp (population 6228 as of 2009) is the second smallest of these and is situated in the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river below Talarn and the Talarn Dam. The largest portion of the municipal territory lies to the west of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa and stretches as far as the Noguera Ribagorçana river. A third portion is an exclave of the ''comarca'' within the municipality of el Pont de Suert in the Alta Ribagorça. In the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conca De Dalt
Conca de Dalt is a municipality (''municipi'') in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. The municipal territory extends to both the east and west of la Pobla de Segur, on the sides of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river. The municipality was known as Pallars Jussà from its formation in 1969 (by the fusion of twelve smaller municipalities) until 1995, when the name was changed to avoid confusion with the ''comarca''. Subdivisions The municipality of Conca de Dalt is composed of twelve settlements: populations are given as of 2005. * Aramunt (103) * Claverol (26) * Erinyà (29), near the gorge formed by the Flamicell river through the Sant Gervàs range * Hortoneda (45) * Pessonada (50) * El Pont de Claverol (11), seat of the ''ajuntament'' (town hall), to the west of la Pobla de Segur * Rivert (37) * Sant Martí de Canals (51) * Serradell (16) * Sossís (32), with a coal mine and hydroelectric power station Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espot
Espot is a Municipalities of Catalonia, municipality in the ''Comarques of Catalonia, comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Espot Valley, east of the river Noguera Pallaresa. The municipality is one of the entrances to the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. Espot has been mentioned in documents dating back to the year 839. Economy The economy of the municipality is largely based on tourism, thanks to the ski resort Espot Esquí and an increase in rural tourism. The area also depends on the milk industry and cattle ranching, specifically Bovinae, bovines. There are various Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power stations in the area including Sant Maurici, Lladres and Espot. Population history References Espot from the Enciclopèdia Catalana *Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; ''Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble'', Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994 External links Espot City Council Government data pages Municipalities in Palla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talarn
Talarn () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the centre of the Tremp basin, on the Noguera Pallaresa river below the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is the site of a hydroelectric power station and of a training school of the Spanish army (''Academia Básica de Suboficiales''). The town is served by the C-147 road between Tremp and La Pobla de Segur. Talarn was originated on a hill around the former castle. It was an important fortified place and the chief town of the area of Pallars in 1453. The arms (see image) show a wall, the enclosure around the town (at present day there are some remains of it), and the royal arms of Catalonia-Aragon (four pales Gules on Or), alluding to the royal jurisdiction (in 1370 the right to have a fair and market was given by the king, and the town had a representation in the Catalan Parliament The Parliament of Catalonia ( ca, Parlament de Catalunya, ; es, Parlamento de Cataluña; oc, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senterada
Senterada is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality includes a small exclave to the north. History Remains from Prehistory include the dolmens of the Casa Encantada The Casa Encantada at 10644 Bellagio Road in Bel Air, Los Angeles is a large detached neoclassical style house completed in 1938. It was designed by James Dolena with interiors and furnishings by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings. It has twice established ... and Mas Pallarès, the Dolmen of Sant Roc, or Cabaneta del Moro, in Cérvoles, and the Cabana del Moro, in Reguard . As previously mentioned, the Visigothic monastery of Santa Grata is the origin, of the current town of Senterada, as a population must have formed around the monastery, which, when the original monastery disappeared, adopted its church as a parish church. Furthermore, Senterada sits was a crossroads of important communication routes and, the confluence of the Bòssia and Flamisell rivers, hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pobla De Segur
La Pobla de Segur is a municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2013 census (INE), the town has a population of 3,073 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in the north of the ''comarca'', above the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is an important local service centre, which has allowed it to escape the depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The village is served by the C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a railway station on a railway line to Lleida. Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. History The earliest settlement in the area was to the north of the present town, and known as ''El Pui de Segur''. It was incorporated into the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alins
Alins is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It adjoins France and Andorra. It covers the valleys of the Noguera de Vallferrara and Tor rivers in the north of the ''comarca''. The Pica d'Estats (3142 m, the highest point in Catalonia) is part of the Montcalm Massif on the frontier between this municipality and Ariège, France. A local road links the municipality with the L-504 road. Demography The municipality of Alins is formed of seven villages. Those marked with an asterisk are "delocalised municipal entities" (''entitats municipals descentralitzades'') and have their own local councils with limited powers. Populations are given as of 2005: *Ainet de Besan (35)* *Alins (58) *Araós (29)* *Àreu (84)* *Besan (5) *Norís (12) *Tor (25), linked with Andorra by a forest track Note # ''Entitats municipals descentralitzades'' are governed by the ''Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya'' (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isona I Conca Dellà
Isona i Conca Dellà is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Conques river in the south-east of the ''comarca''. It was formed in 1970 by the fusion of the following municipalities: Isona, Basturs, Benavent de la Conca, Biscarri, Conques, Covet, Gramenet, Llordà, Masos de Sant Martí, Montodó, Orcau i Figuerola d'Orcau, Sant Romà d'Abella and Siall. The town hall is in Isona. The municipality is served by the C-1412 road between Artesa de Segre and Tremp, and is linked to Coll de Nargó by the L-511. It includes a small exclave to the south. The church of Santa Maria in Covet and Llordà castle are protected historico-artistic monuments. Subdivisions The municipality of Isona and Conca Dellà is formed of fourteen villages. Populations are given as of 2005: *Basturs (40), three kilometres south-east of Orcau *Benavent de la Conca (26), at the foot of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esterri D'Àneu
Esterri d'Àneu is a Municipalities of Catalonia, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Noguera Pallaresa river above the reservoir of La Torrassa. It is linked to Sort, Lleida, Sort by the C-147 road. It is the site of a hydroelectric power station. References * Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External linksOfficial website Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà Populated places in Pallars Sobirà {{Lleida-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alt Àneu
Alt Àneu is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area at , but it has only about 400 people. It is situated on the Noguera Pallaresa river, and is served by the C-13 road, which links it with Sort and (during the summer months) to the Aran Valley over the Port de la Bonaigua (2072 m). The ''ajuntament'' (town hall) is in València d'Àneu. Subdivisions The municipality of Alt Àneu is formed of nine villages. Populations are given as of 2005: *Alòs d'Isil (34) * Àrreu (6) * La Bonaigua (16) * Borén (25), on the left bank of the Noguera Pallaresa * Isavarre (25) *Isil (85), in the upper valley *Son A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current c ... (46) * Sorpe (42) *Valèn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
