El Pont de Suert

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Municipality of El Pont de Suert
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El Pont de Suert (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Lleida
Comarca : Alta Ribagorça
Coordinates 42 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 24 '  N , 0 ° 45'  E
Height : 838  msnm
Area : 148 km²
Residents : 2,220 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 15 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 25173
administration
Official language : Castilian , Catalan
Mayor : Albert Alins Abad ( CiU )
Website : www.elpontdesuert.cat
Location of the municipality
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El Pont de Suert is a Catalan municipality in the province of Lleida in northeastern Spain . It is the capital of the Comarca Alta Ribagorça .

Geographical location

El Pont de Suert is located on the Noguera Ribagorçana , a tributary of the Segre . After the incorporation of the towns of Llesp, Malpás and Viu de Llevata, the district reaches an area of ​​almost 150 km².

Worth seeing

The New Church of El Pont de Suert

El Pont de Suert has a historic city center around Plaça Major . The old church is of Romanesque origin, but underwent major changes in the 18th century. The new church is the work of architect Rodríguez Mijares and was built in 1955. It has a nave .

Individual evidence

  1. Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

Web links

Commons : El Pont de Suert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files