La Pobla de Segur

La Pobla de Segur is a 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.

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
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
Province Lleida
ComarcaPallars Jussà
Government
 • MayorLluís Bellera Juanmartí (2015)[1] (ERC)
Area
 • Total32.8 km2 (12.7 sq mi)
Elevation
524 m (1,719 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total2,939
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
25500
Dialing code34 (Spain) + 973 (Lleida)
Official language(s)Catalan and Spanish
Websitepobladesegur.cat
La Pobla de Segur.

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
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1.5491.5291.7751.8832.5112.4693.2883.5133.3563.1142.9972.7893.043 3.2463.073

Subdivisions

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

  • Montsor (2)
  • Puimanyons (3), on the right bank of the Flamicell river at its confluence with the Noguera Pallaresa.
  • Sant Joan de Vinyafrescal (63), to the south of la Pobla de Segur on the right bank of the Sant Antoni reservoir.

Notable people

Sister cities

References
  1. "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. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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