Alta Ribagorça

Alta Ribagorça
Alta Ribagorça
	Comarca
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Capital	Pont de Suert
Municipalities	List El Pont de Suert, Vall de Boí, Vilaller;
Government
• President of the Comarcal Council	Joan Perelada i Ramon (PSC)
Area
• Total	426.8 km2 (164.8 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	3,873
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Ribagorçan
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Pont de Suert
Website	www.altaribagorça.cat

Alta Ribagorça (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaltə riβəˈɣoɾsə]) is one of the comarques of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Pont de Suert. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 metres above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the western part of the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. It is connected with the Aran valley thorough the Vielha tunnel.

The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.(Nov. 30, 2000). [1]. In the North-East of the area there is the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, which attracts an important number of visitors.

The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.

Location:

Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude.
Farthest west point: 0° 41' 30,24" East longitude.
Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude.
Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude.

Highest point: Comaloformo (3030 m) in the Bessiberri Range.

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2014)^[1]	Area km²^[1]
El Pont de Suert	2,318	148.1
Vall de Boí	992	219.5
Vilaller	563	59.2
• Total: 3	3,873	426.8

References

^ ^a ^b "El municipi en xifres" (in Catalan). Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

External links

[idescat-1] "El municipi en xifres" (in Catalan). Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

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