Alfés () is a village in the
province
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of
Lleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...
and
autonomous community
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of
Catalonia
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, Spain.
It has a population of .
Local politics
In 2007-2011 a Belgian resident, Ann Gyles, from the
Republican Left of Catalonia
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, became mayor of Alfés. She had already been adjunct mayor in 2003–2007.
[Carlos García,]
Una alcaldesa belga en el corazón de Cataluña
, ''La Informacion'', 14 May 2011
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Segrià
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