Tremp

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Tremp
Location
General information
Province Lleida
Comarca Pallars Jussà
Demonym Trempolí, trempolina
Land Area 303.97 km²
Altitude 468 m AMSL
Population 6022 (2007)
Density 19.89 hab./km²
Mayor Víctor Orrit i Ambrosio

Tremp is a municipality and capital of the comarca of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (303.97 km²),[1] accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the comarca and divided into three separate areas. The town of Tremp (population 4647 as of 2005) is situated in the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river below Talarn and the Talarn Dam. The largest portion of the municipal territory lies to the west of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa and stretches as far as the Noguera Ribagorçana river. The third portion is an exclave of the comarca within the municipality of el Pont de Suert in the Alta Ribagorça. The town is served by the C-13 road which runs along the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa.

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[edit] Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
4896 6454 6396 5785 5727 6022
Demographical evolution
Demographical evolution


[edit] Subdivisions

The municipality of Tremp includes twenty-eight outlying settlements: populations are given as of 2005.

  • Acadèmia General Bàsica de Subofficials (26)
  • Aulàs (15)
  • El Castellet (3)
  • Casterner de les Olles (1)
  • Castissent (20), on the left bank of the Noguera Ribagorçana river
  • Claramunt (1)
  • Claret (2)
  • Eroles (11)
  • Escarlà (2)
  • Espills (5)
  • Espluga Freda (1)
  • Espluga de Serra (45)
  • Fígols de Tremp (2)
  • Gurp (8)
  • Els Masos de Tamúrcia (12)
  • Palau de Noguera (85)
  • El Pont d'Orrit (15)
  • Puigcercós (52)
  • Puigverd (1)
  • Sant Adrià (4)
  • Santa Engràcia (24), with sulfurous springs
  • Sapeira (2)
  • Suterranya (69)
  • Tendrui (5)
  • Tercui (2), on a hill above the Noguera Ribagorçana
  • Torogó (2)
  • La Torre de Tamúrcia (17)
  • Vilamitjana (207), on the road to Artesa de Segre

[edit] See also

[edit] Note

  1. ^ The municipality of Tortosa is historically larger than Tremp, but was subdivided into five separate municipalities between 1977 and 1983.

[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).

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Coordinates: 42°10′N, 0°54′E