El Pont de Suert (Western Catalan: [el ˈpɔn de suˈɛɾt]) is a town and municipality, and the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at 838 metres above sea level, on the banks of river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,418 (2007).
El Pont de Suert
Pont de Suert | |
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  El Pont de Suert Location in the Province of Lleida  El Pont de Suert Location in Catalonia  El Pont de Suert Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°24′22″N 0°44′22″E / 42.40611°N 0.73944°ECoordinates: 42°24′22″N 0°44′22″E / 42.40611°N 0.73944°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Alta Ribagorça |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Antonio Troguet Ballarín (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 148.1 km2 (57.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 838 m (2,749 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,216 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | Pontarrí, pontarrina |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | elpontdesuert |
The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Ajuntament del Pont de Suert". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: El Pont de Suert". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External linksEdit
- Official website
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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