Conca de Dalt
Encyclopedia
Conca de Dalt is a municipality
in the comarca
of the Pallars Jussà
in
Catalonia
, Spain
. The municipal territory extends to both the east and west of la Pobla de Segur
, on the
sides of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa
river. The municipality was known as Pallars Jussà from its formation in 1969 (by the fusion of twelve smaller municipalities) until 1995,
when the name was changed to avoid confusion with the comarca.
s are given as of 2005.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of the Pallars Jussà
Pallars Jussà
Pallars Jussà is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. It was established as a comarca in 1936, out of the old county of Pallars. The name means "Lower Pallars"; to the northeast and into the mountains is Pallars Sobirà. Its capital and largest municipality is Tremp.-Municipalities:Populations are...
in
Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. The municipal territory extends to both the east and west of la Pobla de Segur
La Pobla de Segur
La Pobla de Segur is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2009 census , the town has a population of 3,237 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in...
, on the
sides of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa
Noguera Pallaresa
The Noguera Pallaresa is a river in Catalonia, Spain. Its source is at Era Font d'era Noguereta in the municipality of Naut Aran at an elevation of about 2000 m and barely a hundred meters from those of the Garonne...
river. The municipality was known as Pallars Jussà from its formation in 1969 (by the fusion of twelve smaller municipalities) until 1995,
when the name was changed to avoid confusion with the comarca.
Subdivisions
The municipality of Conca de Dalt is composed of twelve settlements: populationPopulation
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
s are given as of 2005.
- Aramunt (103)
- Claverol (26)
- Erinyà (29), near the gorge formed by the Flamicell river through the Sant Gervàs range
- Hortoneda (45)
- Pessonada (50)
- El Pont de Claverol (11), seat of the ajuntament (town hall), to the west of la Pobla de Segur
- Rivert (37)
- Sant Martí de Canals (51)
- Serradell (16)
- Sossís (32), with a coalCoalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
mine and hydroelectric power station - Toralla (23)
- Torallola (16)