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La Guingueta D'Àneu
La Guingueta d'Àneu () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river below the reservoir of La Torrassa. It is linked to Sort by the C-147 road. It has a population of . Subdivisions The municipality of la Guingueta d'Àneu is formed of thirteen villages. Populations are given as of 2005: *Berrós Jussà (24) *Burgo (7) *Cerbi (20), on the right bank of the Unarre river, at the foot of Mont-roig mountain (2864 m) *Dorve (11), near in the Turó de l'Àliga mountain (1744 m) *Escalarre (26), on the left bank of the Unarre river *Escaló (95), on the C-147 road *Escart (16), on the left bank of the Escart river *Estaron (16), on the slopes of the Aurati range *Gavàs (17) *La Guingueta (78) *Jou (25), in the north-east of the municipality *Llavorre (5) *Unarre (14), in the valley of the Unarre river Demography See also * Sant Pere del Burgal * '' Apse of Santa Maria d'Àneu' ...
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Municipalities Of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipalities have merged as a result of rural depopulation or simply for greater efficiency. Some large urban areas, for example Barcelona, consist of more than one municipality, each of which previously held a separate settlement. The Catalan government encourages mergers of very small municipalities; its "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the ""), published in 2000 but not yet implemented, recommends many such mergers. Larger municipalities may sometimes grant the status of ''minor local entity, decentralised municipal entity'' (, ) to one or more of its settlements, for more effective provision of services or to substitute for its previous status as a separate municipality. Each m ...
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Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ...
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Alt Àneu
Alt Àneu () is a town and municipality in Pallars Sobirà county in Catalonia. It was created in 1970 as a result of the union of the former municipalities of Isil, Catalonia, Isil, Son, Catalonia, Son, Sorpe, Catalonia, Sorpe, and Valencia d'Àneu, plus the addition of the Commonwealth of the Four Villages. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area at , with a population of . It is situated by the Noguera Pallaresa river, and is served by the C-13 road, which links it with county capital Sort, Lleida, Sort and 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 by 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 (Alto Aneu), Isil (85), in the upper valley *Son (Alto Aneu), Son (46) *Sorpe (Alto Aneu), Sorpe (42) *Va ...
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Esterri D'Àneu
Esterri d'Àneu () is a town and municipality in Pallars Sobirà county in Catalonia. It has a population of . It is situated on the right bank of the Noguera Pallaresa river above the reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ... of La Torrassa. It is linked to Sort by the . 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 {{Catalonia-geo-stub ...
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Rialp
Rialb (; official name Rialp, still a mandatory change by Francoist legislation) is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of 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 ..., Spain. It has a population of . References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà {{Lleida-geo-stub ...
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Espot
Espot () is a town and Municipalities of Catalonia, municipality in Pallars Sobirà county in Catalonia. It has a population of . It is located in the Espot Valley, west 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
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Llavorsí
Llavorsí () is a village and ''municipi'' (municipality) in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of 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 ..., Spain. It has a population of . References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà {{Lleida-geo-stub ...
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Vall De Cardós
Vall de Cardós () is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the province Pallars Sobirà Pallars Sobirà () is a independent state in the northwest region of Alt Pirineu, in Spain. The name means "Upper Pallars", distinguishing it from the more populous (and less mountainous) Pallars Jussà to its southwest. Its capital and larges ... and has a population of . References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà {{Lleida-geo-stub ...
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Lladorre
Lladorre () is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of 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 ..., Spain. It has a population of . References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà {{Lleida-geo-stub ...
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Paintings From El Burgal
The Paintings from El Burgal is group of paintings exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c .... Description The very noteworthy style of the paintings from the Burgal apse is linked to the Pedret Circle, of Lombardic influence. The programme of images, with its marked Eucharistic and ecclesiological sense (referring to the Eucharist and the Church), contained a Theophany or vision of the divinity on the vault, which was presided by the figure of the Maiestas Domini or Christ in Majesty, which to judge from the surviving remains must have been monumental. It was flanked by the figures of two prophets in a reverent attitude of beseeching and by two archangels carrying signs with inscriptions on which they advocat ...
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Museu Nacional D'Art De Catalunya
The (; ), abbreviated as MNAC (), is a museum of Catalonia, Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, near Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona, Pl Espanya, the museum is especially notable for its outstanding collection of Romanesque art, Romanesque church paintings, and for Art of Catalonia, Catalan art and design from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including modernisme and noucentisme. The museum is housed in the , a huge, Italian-style building dating to 1929. The Palau Nacional, which has housed the Museu d'Art de Catalunya since 1934, was declared a national museum in 1990 under the Museums Law passed by the Catalan Government. That same year, a thorough renovation process was launched to refurbish the site, based on plans drawn up by the architects Gae Aulenti and Enric Steegmann, who were later joined in the undertaking by Josep Benedito. The Oval Hall was reopened for the 1992 S ...
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Apse Of Santa Maria D'Àneu
In architecture, an apse (: apses; from Latin , 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek , , 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; : apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic Christian church (including cathedral and abbey) architecture, the term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal termination of the main building at the liturgical east end (where the altar is), regardless of the shape of the roof, which may be flat, sloping, domed, or hemispherical. Smaller apses are found elsewhere, especially in shrines. Definition An apse is a semicircular recess, often covered with a hemispherical vault. Commonly, the apse of a church, cathedral or basilica is the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or sanctuary, or sometimes at the end of an aisle. Smaller apses are sometimes built in other parts of the church, especially for reliquaries or shrines of saints. History Th ...
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