Àger (; ) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
''comarca'' of the
Noguera in
Catalonia
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, Spain. It is situated in the north-west of the ''comarca'', and the territory of the municipality stretches between the
Noguera Ribagorçana
The Noguera Ribagorzana () or Noguera Ribagorçana () is a river in northern Spain.Dorothy Noyes ''Fire in the Placa: Catalan Festival Politics After Franco'' 2003 p. ix "Catalonia proper — a triangle with the Pyrenees as one side, the Mediter ...
and
Noguera Pallaresa
The Noguera Pallaresa (; , ) is a river in Catalonia, Spain.
It is named after the Pallars region.
Course
Its source is at ''Era Font d'era Noguereta'' in the municipality of Naut Aran (Aran Valley) at an elevation of about and barely from ...
rivers. The Terradets
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
on the Noguera Pallaresa is situated within the municipality. The village is linked to
Balaguer and
Tremp by the L-904 road.
It has a population of .
Villages
*Àger town, 317 inhabitants.
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Agulló
Agulló () is a locality located in the municipality of Àger, in Province of Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 45.
Geography
Agulló is located 65km north-northeast of Lleida
Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'' ...
, 45 inhabitants.
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CorçÃ
Corçà () is a village and municipality in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Girona, Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,257.
Besides the village ...
, 32 inhabitants.
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Fontdepou, 16 inhabitants.
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Els Masos de Millà , 17 inhabitants.
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Millà , 5 inhabitants.
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La Règola, 21 inhabitants.
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Sant Josep de Fontdepou, 19 inhabitants.
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Vilamajor, 13 inhabitants.
See also
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Viscounty of Àger
The Viscounty of Àger () was a feudal jurisdiction that branched off the County of Urgell in 1094.
History
Towards 1030 Arnau Mir de Tost, Arnau Mir, Lord of Tost, Ribera d'Urgellet, Tost, conquered Àger from the saracens. The latter however, ...
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Apostles from Àger
The Apostles from Àger is a painting created in the late 11th century or early 12th century, currently exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.
Description
The church oSant Pere in Àger founded by Arnau Mir of Tost, who ...
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Montsec
The Montsec Range ( ; ) is a mountain system of the Pre-Pyrenees.
Description
The Serra del Montsec consists of a series of calcareous mountain ranges running roughly from east to west. The range system is about 40 km long and 186.96 s ...
References
* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).
External links
Official website
Government data pages
Municipalities in Noguera (comarca)
Populated places in Noguera (comarca)
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