La Pobla de Segur

La Pobla de Segur
Municipality
La Pobla de Segur

Coat of arms
La Pobla de Segur

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°14′51″N 0°58′03″E / 42.24750°N 0.96750°E / 42.24750; 0.96750Coordinates: 42°14′51″N 0°58′03″E / 42.24750°N 0.96750°E / 42.24750; 0.96750
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Province  Lleida
Comarca Pallars Jussà
Government
 • Mayor Lluís Bellera Juanmartí (2015)[1] (ERC)
Area[2]
 • Total 32.8 km2 (12.7 sq mi)
Elevation 524 m (1,719 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 3,012
 • Density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 25500
Dialing code 34 (Spain) + 973 (Lleida)
Official language(s) Catalan and Spanish
Website pobladesegur.cat
La Pobla de Segur.

La Pobla de Segur (Spanish: Puebla de Segur)[3] is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2013 census (INE), the town has a population of 3,073 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in the north of the comarca, above the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is an important local service centre, which has allowed it to escape the depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The village is served by the C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a railway station on a railway line to Lleida.

Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and 22nd President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell.

History

The earliest settlement in the area was to the north of the present town, and known as El Pui de Segur. It was incorporated into the county of Pallars after Count Guillaume I of Toulouse conquered the region from the Moors in the ninth century. The town was transferred to its current location in the middle of the thirteenth century, and came under the control of Pere VII el Donzell, Viscount of Vilamur, in 1355. His son Pere VIII granted the first charter to the town in 1363. Control would later pass to the Dukes of Cardona.

The Comú de Particulars is a local cooperative, established in 1834 to manage a flour mill given to the town by the Duke of Cardona: open to natives of the town or their spouses, it is now a cultural organisation managing the income from the local hydroelectric power station. The Torre Maure is a notable group of modernista buildings from the start of the twentieth century.

Demography

Demographic evolution
Demographic evolution
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 1996 2001 2005 2011 2013
1.549 1.529 1.775 1.883 2.511 2.469 3.288 3.513 3.356 3.114 2.997 2.789 3.043 3.246 3.073

Subdivisions

The municipality of La Pobla de Segur includes three outlying villages: populations are given as of 2005.

Notable people

Sister cities

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de la Pobla de Segur". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Segur". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Celdrán Gomáriz, Pancracio (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 636. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9.
 Senterada Baix Pallars
  La Pobla de Segur  
Salàs de Pallars Conca de Dalt
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.