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El Balcó Del Pirineu
El Balcó del Pirineu (''Pyrenees Balcony'' in English) is a residential area in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...). El Balcó del Pirineu was urbanised in 1975 on a mountain range next to the river Segre, near of Montferrer and Castellciutat villages, in the same mountain range. {{DEFAULTSORT:El Balco del Pirineu Alt Urgell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montferrer I Castellbò
Montferrer i Castellbò () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Montferrer i Castellbò towns: * Aravell * Bellestar * El Balcó del Pirineu * Montferrer de Segre * Sant Joan de l'Erm * Vilamitjana del Cantó * Vila-rubla The municipality includes a small exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ... to the south. It has a population of . Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport is located in Montferrer i Castellbò. Landmarks * Santa Cecília de Elins References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Alt Urgell {{Lleida-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four Provinces of Spain, provinces or eight Vegueries of Catalonia, ''vegueries'' (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques''. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populous Municipalities in Spain, municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan areas in Europe, urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segre River
The Segre ( ; ) is a river tributary to the Ebro (''Ebre'' in Catalan) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra, and Spain. The river Segre, known to Romans and Greeks as Sicoris, and to the Arabs of Al-Andalus as Nahr az-Zaytūn (نهر الزيتون, river of Olives) has its sources on the north face of the Pic del Segre or ''Puigmal de Segre'' ("Segre's Peak") in the French department Pyrénées-Orientales (historically the ''comarca'' of Alta Cerdanya), in the Catalan Pyrenees. It follows a western direction all along the Cerdanya (''Cerdagne'') Valley, and crosses the town Saillagouse, the Spanish exclave Llívia, and Bourg-Madame. It enters Spain at Puigcerdà and continues west until La Seu d'Urgell, where it meets the Valira River coming from Andorra. From this point, it adopts a south-western course across the pre-Pyrenees (with several dams along its gorges) and the western plains of Catalonia. It passes through Balaguer, Lleida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montferrer
Montferrer () is a commune in the southern part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of southern France. Its inhabitants are called Montferrerois. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Vallespir, a former viscounty (incorporated in the Middle Ages into the viscounty of Castelnou), annexed to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) and roughly corresponding to the Tech Valley from its source to Céret. Exposed to a modified oceanic climate, it is drained by the Tech River, the Saint-Laurent River, the Fou River, and two other watercourses. The commune has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site ("le Tech") and a natural area of ecological interest, fauna, and flora. Montferrer is a rural commune with 197 inhabitants in 2020, after reaching a population peak of 883 inhabitants in 1806. It is part of the Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda attraction area. The Gorges de la Fou serve as the boundary between the communes of Montferrer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellciutat
Castellciutat () is a village in the municipality of la Seu d'Urgell (Alt Urgell, Catalonia). In the past it was called ''Ciutat'' (City in English) but is now called either Ciutat or Castellciutat. It has a population of 451 inhabitants.{{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdcpAQAAMAAJ, title=Els Castells Catalans, publisher=R. Dalmau, year=1979, isbn=978-84-232-0292-8, page=1164 There is an old castle, Castell de Ciutat (Castle of the City), which gives its name to the village. See also *El Balcó del Pirineu El Balcó del Pirineu (''Pyrenees Balcony'' in English) is a residential area in Montferrer i Castellbò (Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its ... References La Seu d'Urgell Populated places in Alt Urgell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
