Organyà

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Organyà
Location
General information
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Alt Urgell
Demonym	Ganxo, Ganxa Organyès, organyesa Organyenc, organyenca
Land Area	12.54 km²
Altitude	558 m AMSL
Population	959 (2007)
Density	76.17 hab./km²
Mayor	Antoni Fiol i Colomar

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-14 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

[edit] References

• 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).

[edit] External links

• Official website (Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Information - Consell comarcal (Catalan)

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