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Pallars
Pallars is a historical region, 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 Pallars Sobirà county, Catalonia. It has a population of . 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 Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow u ..., 0 inhabitants * Cabestany ... [...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 (), accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the ''comarca''. The mun ... and 5 km from Pobla de Segur. The town is served by the C-147 motorway. It has a population of . 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 (), 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 5.961 as of 2023) 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 the villages of Palau de Noguera, Suterranya and Vilamitjana form the fourth entity, while the fifth and smallest portion (of only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alins
Alins () is a town and municipality in Pallars Sobirà county in Catalonia. It borders Occitania in France and La Massana in Andorra. It has a population of . It covers the valleys of the and Tor rivers in the north of the county. 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'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conca De Dalt
Conca de Dalt () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality (''municipi'') in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''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''. It has a population of . 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 (Conca de Dalt), 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), ... [...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 An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ... (''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), a ... [...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 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 north. It has a population of . History Remains from Prehistory include the dolmens of the Casa Encantada 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pobla De Segur
La Pobla de Segur () is a municipality located in the Comarques of Catalonia, comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. It has a population of . 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 Rural depopulation, depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The village is served by the Autovia C-13, C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, Lleida, Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a railway station on a Lleida–La Pobla de Segur Line, railway line to Lleida. Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. It is a designated book town, due to the high number of bookshops in the vicinity. History The earliest se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Municipalities in Pallars Sobir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isona I Conca Dellà
Isona i Conca Dellà () is a municipality in the ''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 has a population of . 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 200 m hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
