Sant Guim de Freixenet is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''comarca'' of la

Segarra Segarra () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, situated on a high plain. Historically, the name referred to a larger area than the current comarca. It has a continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and between 350 and 450&n ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Spain.

History

Owing to the intense military activity at the Lleida front, this municipality suffered much during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

(1936–39). At that time it was known as Pineda de Segarra and, owing to the hardships caused by the war, paper money was printed in the town.Isidre Aymerich, ''El paper moneda, els bons i els vals a la Segarra durant la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)'' The present-day main town was formerly known as ''Sant Guim de l'Estació'' because it was built around the railway station of the

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

Manresa Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...

line. Nowadays many of the villages that make up the municipality have been depopulated as people have moved to urban areas. Most have only residual population.

Villages

* Altadill, 0 * Amorós, 10 * El Castell de Santa Maria, 12 * Freixenet de Segarra, 44 * Melió, 6 *

Palamós Palamós () is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by th ...

0 * La Rabassa, 26 * Sant Domí, 21 *Sant Guim de Freixenet, 868 * Sant Guim de la Rabassa, 22 * La Tallada, 48

References

External links

Pàgina web de l'ajuntament

Government data pages

Dades generals de l'ajuntament
Municipalities in Segarra {{Lleida-geo-stub