El Pont de Suert
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El Pont de Suert | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Alta Ribagorça county | |
  El Pont de Suert | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′22″N 0°44′22″E / 42.40611°N 0.73944°E | |
| Sovereign state |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Region | Alt Pirineu |
| County | Alta Ribagorça |
| Province | Lleida |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Iolanda Ferran Closa (Tothom El Pont de Suert) (2023) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148.1 km2 (57.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 838 m (2,749 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,216 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Pontarrí, pontarrina |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | elpontdesuert |
El Pont de Suert (Western Catalan: [el ˈpɔn de suˈɛɾt], Ribagorçan: Lo Pont de Suert) is a town and municipality in Catalonia. It is the capital of Alta Ribagorça county in the Alt Pirineu region. It is located at 838 metres above sea level, on the banks of river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. In 2022, it had a population of 2,336.[3]
It is located a short distance from the administrative border with Aragon, as well as the linguistic border between Catalan and Aranese Occitan. The local dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.
It can be reached via the N-230 and N-260 roads.
References
[edit]- ^ "El municipi en xifres: El Pont de Suert". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Idescat. The municipality in figures". www.idescat.cat. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
Places adjacent to El Pont de Suert |
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Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça |
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Municipalities of the province of Lleida |
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