Josa i Tuixén or Josa i Tuixent is a

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

in the ''comarca'' of the

Alt Urgell Alt Urgell () is a ''comarca'' (county) in Catalonia, Spain, a modern representation of part of the historic County of Urgell (''ca'' 789 - 1413), seat of the Counts of Urgell This is a list of the counts of Urgell, a county of the Principal ...

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 no ...

, Spain. It is situated on the southern side of the Pyrenean range of

Serra del Cadí The Serra del Cadí is a mountain range in the north of Catalonia, Spain, part of the Pre-Pyrenees. Its highest peak is the Vulturó, with an altitude of . It stretches from east to west between Alt Urgell and Berguedà. The Llobregat River has it ...

in the east of the ''comarca''. The ''ajuntament'' (town hall) is located in Tuixén. Local roads link the municipality with

La Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell (; es, Seo de Urgel, formerly in ca, Urgell}) is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of B ...

and with

Sant Llorenç de Morunys Sant Llorenç de Morunys is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Solsonès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Lord valley in the north of the ''comarca'' below the pyrenean massif of Port del Comte. The shrine of Lord is located in ...

. It is a centre for

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Subdivisions

As the name suggests, the municipality of Josa i Tuixén comprises two villages that were two independent municipalities until 1973.

Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using ...

s are given as of 2013: *Josa de Cadí - 25 * Tuixent - 116

Demography

References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Official website

Government data pages

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