Isona i Conca Dellà
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Isona i Conca Dellà is a municipality
in the comarca
of the Pallars Jussà
in Catalonia
, Spain
. It is situated in the valley of the Conques
river in the south-east of the comarca. It was formed in 1970 by the fusion of the following municipalities: Isona, Basturs, Benavent de la Conca, Biscarri, Conques, Covet, Gramenet, Llordà, Masos de Sant Martí, Montodó, Orcau i Figuerola d'Orcau, Sant Romà d'Abella and Siall. The ajuntament (town hall) is in Isona. The municipality is served by the C-1412 road between Artesa de Segre
and
Tremp
, and is linked to Coll de Nargó
by the L-511.
The church of Santa Maria in Covet and Llordà castle are protected historico-artistic monuments.
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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. It is situated in the valley of the Conques
Conques
Conques is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-Geography:The village is located at the confluence of the Dourdou and Ouche rivers. It is built on a hillside and has classic narrow Medieval streets. As a result, large vehicles cannot enter the historic town centre but must...
river in the south-east of the comarca. It was formed in 1970 by the fusion of the following municipalities: Isona, Basturs, Benavent de la Conca, Biscarri, Conques, Covet, Gramenet, Llordà, Masos de Sant Martí, Montodó, Orcau i Figuerola d'Orcau, Sant Romà d'Abella and Siall. The ajuntament (town hall) is in Isona. The municipality is served by the C-1412 road between Artesa de Segre
Artesa de Segre
Artesa de Segre is a municipality in the comarca of the Noguera in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Segre river, between Ponts and Balaguer....
and
Tremp
Tremp
Tremp is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the comarca of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area , accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the comarca....
, and is linked to Coll de Nargó
Coll de Nargó
Coll de Nargó is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell inCatalonia, a region of Spain. It is situated in the Segre valley by the Oliana reservoir. The municipality...
by the L-511.
The church of Santa Maria in Covet and Llordà castle are protected historico-artistic monuments.
Subdivisions
The municipality of Isona and Conca Dellà is formed of fourteen villages. 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:
- Basturs (40), three kilometres south-east of Orcau
- Benavent de la Conca (26), at the foot of a 200 m hill of conglomerateConglomerate (geology)A conglomerate is a rock consisting of individual clasts within a finer-grained matrix that have become cemented together. Conglomerates are sedimentary rocks consisting of rounded fragments and are thus differentiated from breccias, which consist of angular clasts...
- Biscarri (53), at the foot of the Moles range at the edge of the Tremp basin
- Conques (98)
- Covet (5)
- Figuerola d'Orcau (181)
- Gramenet (1)
- Isona (619)
- Llordà (10)
- Els Masos de Sant Martí
- Montadó (3)
- Orcau (18)
- Sant Romà d'Abella (89)
- Siall (6)