Balaguer
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- This article is about the Spanish town. For the former President of the Dominican Republic, see Joaquín Balaguer.
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| Demonym | (In Catalan) balaguerí, balaguerina | ||||
| Population (2005) | 15.281 | ||||
| Surface area | 57.3 km2 | ||||
| Population density (2005) | 267,10 people/km2 | ||||
| Altitude | 233 m | ||||
Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located at 233 metres above the sea, by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre. Population 15.281 (2005).
Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by Ermengol VI of Urgell in 1106; he made it his new capital, and it remained so for subsequent counts of Urgell.
The town has a Gothic bridge, the Portal del Gel, over the Segre river. The historic town is on the right bank of the Segre, but following the Spanish Civil War, construction began on a modern bridge, which initiated development of a modern extension of the town on the left bank.
[edit] External links
- Official municipal web site (in Catalan)
- Information about Balaguer from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Statistical information from IDESCAT (in Catalan)
- General information about Balaguer (in Spanish)
- Palomero, Aaron Gutiérrez, "Planificación urbana y vivienda obrera en Balaguer (1939 – 1962). Ocupación del margen izquierdo" Scripta Nova: Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, Vol. VII, núm. 146(025), 1 de agosto de 2003. (In Spanish)
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Àger | Albesa | Algerri | Alòs de Balaguer | Artesa de Segre | Les Avellanes i Santa Linya | Balaguer | La Baronia de Rialb | Bellcaire d'Urgell | Bellmunt d'Urgell | Cabanabona | Camarasa | Castelló de Farfanya | Cubells | Foradada | Ivars de Noguera | Menàrguens | Montgai | Oliola | Os de Balaguer | Penelles | Ponts | Preixens | La Sentiu de Sió | Tiurana | Torrelameu | Térmens | Vallfogona de Balaguer | Vilanova de Meià | Vilanova de l'Aguda |
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