Balaguer

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Balaguer


(Flag of Balaguer)	(Balaguer coat of arms)

Balaguer, in Noguera

Demonym

(In Catalan) balaguerí, balaguerina

Population (2005)

15.281

Surface area

57.3 km²

Population density (2005)

267,10 people/km²

Altitude

233 m

Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located at 233 metres above the sea, by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre. Population 15.281 (2005).

Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by Ermengol VI of Urgell in 1106; he made it his new capital, and it remained so for subsequent counts of Urgell.

The town has a Gothic bridge, the Portal del Gel, over the Segre river. The historic town is on the right bank of the Segre, but following the Spanish Civil War, construction began on a modern bridge, which initiated development of a modern extension of the town on the left bank.

[edit] External links

Official municipal web site (in Catalan)
Information about Balaguer from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
Statistical information from IDESCAT (in Catalan)
General information about Balaguer (in Spanish)
Palomero, Aaron Gutiérrez, "Planificación urbana y vivienda obrera en Balaguer (1939 – 1962). Ocupación del margen izquierdo" Scripta Nova: Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, Vol. VII, núm. 146(025), 1 de agosto de 2003. (In Spanish)

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