La Pobla de Segur

infobox catalan municipio
province=Lleida
comarca=Pallars Jussà
population=3043
population_year=2005
area=32,9
population_density=92,5
elevation=524
demonym="Poblatà, poblatana"
location_

La Pobla de Segur is a municipality in the "comarca" of the Pallars Jussà in
Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in the north of the "comarca", above the Sant Antoní reservoir. It is an important local service centre, which has allowed it to escape the depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The town is served by the C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a station on the RENFE railway line.

The earliest settlemt in the area was to the north of the present town, and known as "El Pui de Segur". It was incorporated into the county of Pallars after Count Guillaume I of Toulouse conquered the region from the Moors in the ninth century. The town was transferred to its current location in the middle of the thirteenth century, and came under the control of Pere VII el Donzell, Viscount of Vilamur, in 1355. His son Pere VIII granted the first charter to the town in 1363. Control would later pass to the Dukes of Cardona.

The "Comú de Particulars" is a local cooperative, established in 1834 to manage a flour mill given to the town by the Duke of Cardona: open to natives of the town or their spouses, it is now a cultural organisation managing the income from the local
hydroelectric power station. The "Torre Maure" is a notable group of "modernista" buildings from the start of the twentieth century.

Demography

infobox catalan municipio demography
pop_1900=1549
pop_1930=1833
pop_1950=2469
pop_1970=3513
pop_1986=3345
pop_latest=3043
latest_year=2005

Subdivisions

The municipality of la Pobla de Segur includes three outlying villages: populations are given as of 2005.
*Montsor (2)
*Puimanyons (3), on the right bank of the Flamicell river at its confluence with the Noguera Pallaresa
*Sant Joan de Vinyafrescal (63), to the south of la Pobla de Segur on the right bank of the Sant Antoní reservoir

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).

External links

* [http://www.pobladesegur.org/ Official site]
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=2517130008&err=0 Information from the] Generalitat de Catalunya
* [http://www.idescat.es/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=25171&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar Information from the] Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya