- Pallars Sobirà
Spanish comarca
comarca_name = Pallars Sobirà
comarca_
location_
province = Lleida
capital = Sort
largest_city = Sort
demonym =
population = 6883 (2005)
area = 1355.2
pop_density = 5.1/km²
municipalities =Alins |Alt Àneu |Baix Pallars |Espot |Esterri d'Àneu |Esterri de Cardós |Farrera |La Guingueta d'Àneu |Lladorre |Llavorsí |Rialp |Soriguera |Sort|Tírvia |Vall de Cardós El Pallars Sobirà is a comarca (comparable to a
county orshire in much of the English-speaking world) in the mountainous northwest ofCatalonia ,Spain . The name means "Upper Pallars," distinguishing it from the more populous (and less mountainous)Pallars Jussà to its southwest. Its capital and largest municipality is Sort.Located in the central
Pyrenees , El Pallars Sobirà expands from south to north, starting at the gorge of Collegats to the village of Alós d'Isil, following the course of the river LaNoguera Pallaresa . It is the fourth biggest comarca in Catalonia in terms of surface area, and has one of the lowest densities of population in the country, about 5.1 inhabitants per km². On the whole, there are approximately 7,000 inhabitants.El Pallars Sobirà contains the largest lake in the Pyrenees, the lake of
Certascan , and the highest peak in Catalonia, thePica d'Estats .Most of El Pallars Sobirà is a protected nature reserve. There are a few territories that belong to the PEIN (Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural de Catalunya- Natural Interest Landscape Plan of Catalonia), as
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park , theNatural Park Of High Pyrenees , the Natural Partial Reserve of La Noguera Pallaresa - Collegats, a wide range of areas belonging to the Xarxa Natura 2000, the Natural Hunting Reserve of Boumort, etc.Municipalities
Population figures are from
2005 .*
Alins - pop. 248
*Alt Àneu - pop. 454
*Baix Pallars - pop. 380
*Espot - pop. 374
*Esterri d'Àneu - pop. 773
*Esterri de Cardós - pop. 70
*Farrera - pop. 105
*La Guingueta d'Àneu - pop. 354
*Lladorre - pop. 224
*Llavorsí - pop. 334
*Rialp - pop. 631
*Soriguera - pop. 336
*Sort - pop. 2,113
*Tírvia - pop. 124
*Vall de Cardós - pop. 363References
* [http://www.idescat.net/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&PDF=FALSE&V1=26&VOK=Confirmar IDESCAT: Pallars Sobirà] (in Catalan). Reference for surface area, province, list of municipalities
* [http://www.ine.es/inebase/cgi/um?M=%2Ft20%2Fe260%2Fa2005%2F&O=pcaxis&N=&L=0%202005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística] (in Spanish). Reference for populations of municipalities as ofJanuary 1 ,2005 .External links
*ca icon [http://pallarssobira.ddl.net/ Official comarcal web site]
*ca icon es icon [http://www.pallarssobira.info Official Pallars Sobirà Tourism web] .
*en icon ca icon es icon fr icon [http://www.senderspallarssobira.com/ Official Pallars Sobirà hikes and mountain activities web]
*ca icon [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=6&cod=8102650006 Information about Pallars Sobirà from the Generalitat de Catalunya]
*en icon ca icon es icon [http://mediambient.gencat.net/cat/el_medi/parcs_de_catalunya/alt_pirineu/Inici.jsp?ComponentID=57821&SourcePageID=50136#1 Natural Park Of High Pyrenees, the biggest Natural Parc in Catalonia]
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