Puigcerdà
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
Puigcerdà
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Casa de la Vila, the city hall
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Coordinates: 42°25′54″N 1°55′42″E / 42.43167°N 1.92833°E / 42.43167; 1.92833 | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Catalonia |
Province | Girona |
Comarca | Baixa Cerdanya |
Government
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• Mayor | Albert Piñeira Brosel (2015) [1] ( CiU ) |
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• Total | 18.9 km 2 (7.3 sq mi) |
Elevation
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1,202 m (3,944 ft) |
Population
(2018)
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• Total | 8,981 |
• Density | 480/km 2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Demonym | Puigcerdanenc |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC+2 ( CEST ) |
Climate | Cfb |
Website |
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Puigcerdà ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˌputʃsəɾˈða] ; Spanish : Puigcerdá , pronounced [pwiɣθeɾˈða] ) is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Cerdanya , in the province of Girona , Catalonia , northern Spain , near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts directly onto the French town of Bourg-Madame ).
History
Puigcerdà is located near the site of a Ceretani settlement, which was incorporated into Roman territory. The Roman town was named Julia Libyca (modern day Llívia ).
Puigcerdà was founded in 1178 by King Alfonso I of Aragon , Count of Barcelona. In 1178 Puigcerdà replaced Hix as the capital of Cerdanya . Hix is now a village in the commune of Bourg-Madame , in the French part of Cerdagne.
In the closing stages of the 1672-1678 Franco-Dutch War , the town was captured by a French army under the duc de Noailles but returned to Spain in the Treaties of Nijmegen . [4]
Puigcerdà was unique during the Spanish Civil War in having a democratically elected Anarchist council. [ citation needed ]
The Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway was opened in 1929, crossing the Pyrenees to France.
Main sights
- Puigcerdà Pool
- Torre del Campanar (12th century). It is the last remain of a parish church destroyed in 1936
- Romanesque church of Sant Tomàs de Ventajola, known from 958
- Romanesque church of Sant Andreu Vilallobent, dating to the 10th century and later restored
- Convent of St. Dominic, founded in 1291 and finished in the 15th century
- Old Hospital (1190), in Romanesque- Gothic style
Notable people
- Pere Borrell del Caso (1835-1910), painter
- Gemma Arró Ribot (born 1980), ski mountaineer
- José Antonio Hermida (born 1978), World Champion Cross Country Mountain bike 2010
References
- ↑ "Ajuntament de Puigcerdà" . Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13 .
- ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Puigcerdà" . Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23 .
- ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018 . National Statistics Institute .
- ↑ De Périni, Hardÿ (1896). Batailles françaises, Volume V . Ernest Flammarion, Paris. p. 215.
External links
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
Places adjacent to Puigcerdà
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