Organyà

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Organyà
Province Lleida
Comarca Alt Urgell
Population (2005) 960
Area 11.54 km²
Population
density (2005)
83.2 /km²
Elevation 558 m
Demonym n/a

[[Alt Urgell]]

Organyà is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the right bank of the Segre river below the Trespons gorge, and is served by the C-1313 road between Ponts and La Seu d'Urgell. There is a monument to the Homilies d'Organyà, a twelfth or thirteenth century collection of sermons which is the oldest literary text in the Catalan language to survive in its entirety, discovered in the town in 1904.

[edit] Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2005
1002 1036 1087 1142 1079 960

[edit] Reference

  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).


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Alàs i Cerc | Arsèguel | Bassella | Cabó | Cava | Coll de Nargó | Estamariu | Fígols i Alinyà | Josa i Tuixén | Montferrer i Castellbò | Oliana | Organyà | Peramola | El Pont de Bar | Ribera d'Urgellet | La Seu d'Urgell | Les Valls d'Aguilar | Les Valls de Valira | La Vansa i Fórnols