- Puigcerdà
Puigcerdà is the capital of the Catalan "comarca" of Cerdanya, in the
Girona province, inCatalonia ,Spain , located at 1,202 metres above the sea, by theriver Segre , right by the border withFrance .Population 6,356 (1996 ).It was founded in
1177 by KingAlfonso I of Aragon , Count of Barcelona. In1178 it replacedHix as the capital ofCerdanya . Hix is now a village in the commune ofBourg-Madame , in the French part of Cerdagne.Puigcerda was unique during the
Spanish Civil War in having a democratically electedAnarchist council.
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