Lleida Province
Lleida Catalonia , Spain |
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Designations | |
Catalan name : | Lleida |
Spanish name : | Lérida |
Basic data | |
Autonomous Community : | Catalonia |
Capital : | Lleida |
Official languages : | Catalan , Spanish |
Area : | 12,150 km² |
Residents : | 434,930 (Jan 1, 2019) |
Population density : | 35.8 inhabitants / km² |
ISO 3166-2 : | ES-L |
Website : | diputaciolleida.es |
Location of the province of Lleida | |
The province of Lleida ([ ˈʎɛjðə ], locally [ ˈʎejðɛ ]; no longer official Spanish name Lérida [ ˈleɾiða ]) is the northwestern and largest of the four provinces of the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia . Its capital is the city of Lleida .
location
The province borders - starting in the north, in a clockwise direction - with France , Andorra , the Catalan provinces of Girona , Barcelona and Tarragona and the Aragonese provinces of Saragossa and Huesca .
Biggest places
As of January 1, 2019
local community | Spanish name | Residents |
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Lleida | Lérida | 138,956 |
Tàrrega | Tárrega | 17,098 |
Balaguer | Balaguer | 17.162 |
Mollerussa | Mollerusa | 14,683 |
La Seu d'Urgell | Seo de Urgel | 12,089 |
Cervera | Cervera | 9,180 |
Solsona | Solsona | 9.094 |
Alcarràs | Alcarrás | 9,514 |
Tremp | Tremp | 5,844 |
Almacelles | Almacellas | 6,791 |
Guisona | Guissona | 7.136 |
Alpicat | Alpicat | 6,255 |
Les Borges Blanques | Borjas Blancas | 6,087 |
Agramunt | Agramunt | 5,371 |
Vielha e Mijaran | Viella | 5,559 |
Bellpuig | Bellpuig | 5.133 |
Population development of the province
Administrative division
The province consists of the twelve comarques :
Comarca | population | Area (km²) | Capital |
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Old Urgell | 20,315 | 1,447.5 | La Seu d'Urgell |
Alta Ribagorça | 3,796 | 426.9 | El Pont de Suert |
Garrigues | 19,210 | 797.6 | Les Borges Blanques |
Noguera | 36,394 | 1,784.1 | Balaguer |
Pallars Jussà | 12,712 | 1,343.1 | Tremp |
Pallars Sobirà | 6,666 | 1,377.9 | Sort |
Pla d'Urgell | 31,757 | 305.1 | Mollerussa |
Segarra | 20,166 | 722.8 | Cervera |
Segrià | 176,618 | 1,396.7 | Lleida |
Solsonès | 12,297 | 1,001.2 | Solsona |
Urgell | 33,038 | 579.7 | Tàrrega |
Val d'Aran | 8,832 | 633.6 | Vielha |
Figures from 2004 according to the "Institute for Statistics Catalonia"
Location of the individual comarques in the province of Lleida
Web links
Commons : Lleida Province - Collection of images, videos and audio files
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- ↑ 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).