Organyà

Organyà
Municipality

Organyà

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Organyà

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°12′47″N 1°19′44″E / 42.21306°N 1.32889°E / 42.21306; 1.32889Coordinates: 42°12′47″N 1°19′44″E / 42.21306°N 1.32889°E / 42.21306; 1.32889
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Alt Urgell
Government
 • Mayor Cel·lestí Vilà Betriu (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Elevation 558 m (1,831 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 841
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ganxo, Ganxa
Organyès, organyesa
Organyenc, organyenca
Website organya.cat
Organya, July 2007.

Organyà is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia. 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 12th or 13th 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.

Organyà is the birthplace of Rosa Florentina Eroles (1815-1864), the mother of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.

The municipality surrounds an exclave of Cabó.

Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
1002 1036 1087 1142 1079 959

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament d'Organyà". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Organyà". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.


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