Baix Pallars () is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
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and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Pallars Sobirà county,
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
. It has a population of .
The village of
Gerri de la Sal is the administrative center of the municipality and home to the medieval monastery of
Santa Maria de Gerri
Santa Maria de Gerri is a monastery in Gerri de la Sal, in the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain, situated on the shores of the Noguera Pallaresa river.
History
The monastery was founded in 807, and its community adhered to the Bened ...
.
History
The Baix Pallars municipality was established in 1969 with the merger of the
Baén, Gerri de la Sal,
Montcortès de Pallars and
Peramea municipalities.
Villages
The municipality includes the following villages and hamlets with their respective population.
[ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica 2011 Census]
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Ancs, 3 inhabitants
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Baén, 15 inhabitants
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Balestui, 10 inhabitants
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Bresca, 17 inhabitants
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Bretui, 16 inhabitants
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Buseu, 1 inhabitant
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Canals
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow u ...
, 0 inhabitants
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Cabestany, 2 inhabitants
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Castellnou de Peramea, 2 inhabitants
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El Comte, 3 inhabitants
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Cortscastell, 4 inhabitants
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Cuberes, 0 inhabitants
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L'Espluga de Cuberes, 0 inhabitants
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Enseu, 4 inhabitants
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Gerri de la Sal, 136 inhabitants
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Masies de Llaràs, 8 inhabitants
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Mentui, 5 inhabitants
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Montcortès, 25 inhabitants
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Peracalç, 11 inhabitants
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Peramea, 78 inhabitants
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El Pui, 0 inhabitants
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Pujol, 19 inhabitants
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Sant Sebastià de Buseu, 0 inhabitants
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Sarroca, 2 inhabitants
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Sellui, 15 inhabitants
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El Soi, 0 inhabitants
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Solduga, 1 inhabitant
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Useu, 8 inhabitants
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Vilesa, 0 inhabitants
See also
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Pallars
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Pallars Sobirà
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Pallars Sobirà
Populated places in Pallars Sobirà
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