Albesa () is a municipality in the ''

comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...

'' of Noguera, in the

province of Lleida The Province of Lleida (; ; ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in northeastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zarag ...

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, Spain. It has a population of . In 1003 it was the seat of the

battle of Albesa According to Catalan historian Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals, the battle was the:. . . product of a Catalan offensive in which the bishop Berengar of Elna met his death. . . in the middle of a preventative war targetting the latent threat of ‘Abd al ...

. The economy is mostly based on agriculture (fruit, potato, tomato), taking advantage of the presence of an

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. Sights include the parish church of St. Mary (18th century), with a 14th-century

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, and the remains of the ancient castle (conquered by the Christians in 1098) and of several ancient Roman villas.

Notable natives

* Fred Albesa, Commander, United States Navy. * Ignasi Segarra i Banyeres, priest of Opus Dei prelature. * Fermí Palau i Casellas, teacher, politician and poet.

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Municipalities in Noguera (comarca) Populated places in Noguera (comarca) {{Lleida-geo-stub