Alta Ribagorça

Alta Ribagorça
	Location of the Comarca Alta Ribagorça in Catalonia
Basic data
Province:	Lleida
Main place:	El Pont de Suert
Surface:	426.86 km²
Residents:	3802 (2019)
Municipalities:	3

The comarca Alta Ribagorça is located in the province of Lleida of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia ( Spain ). It was created in 1988 by outsourcing from the Comarca Pallars Jussà. The community association has an area of 426.68 km² and 3802 inhabitants (2019).

location

The association of municipalities is located in the northern part of Catalonia, it borders in the east on the Comarca Val d'Aran , in the northeast on Pallars Sobirà , in the east and south on Pallars Jussà and in the west on the Comarca Ribagorza of the Autonomous Community of Aragon . Together with the comarcas Alt Urgell , Val d'Aran, Cerdanya , Pallars Jussà, Pallars Sobirà, the region forms the territory of Alt Pirineu i Aran .

The area of Alta Ribagorça is located in the Pyrenees , in a high mountain landscape with peaks of over 3,000 m. The highest point is the Comaloformo (3030 m) in the Bessiberri glacier area . The Noguera Ribagorzana river flows through the province in a north-south direction, forms a natural border with Aragon and feeds the Pantà d'Escales reservoir, built in 1955, near Pont de Suert . In the northeast of the province is the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park and the designated Boí-Taüll Resort ski area

Attractions

The Romanesque churches of the Vall de Boi in the high Pyrenees are part of the World Heritage of UNESCO .

economy

The comarca lives mainly from cattle, agriculture and forestry, electricity generation through hydropower and tourism have become increasingly important.

Communities

Status: 2019

local community	Pop.	Area (km²)
El Pont de Suert	2220	148.39
Vall de Boí	1021	220.50
Vilaller	561	58.79

Web links

Commons : Alta Ribagorça - collection of images, videos and audio files

Comarca website (Catalan)
gencat-Turisme (Catalan, German, English, French, Spanish)