Bassella is a

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in the ''comarca'' of the

Alt Urgell Alt Urgell () is a ''comarca'' (county) in Catalonia, Spain, a modern representation of part of the historic County of Urgell (''ca'' 789 - 1413), seat of the Counts of Urgell This is a list of the counts of Urgell, a county of the Principal ...

, in

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, Spain. The village of Bassella, one of nine settlement which make up the municipality, is located at the confluence of the

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with the Salada river and at the point where the route from Solsona and the potash mines of Cardona (currently the L-301 road) meets the route between Lleida and

La Seu d'Urgell La Seu d'Urgell (; es, Seo de Urgel, formerly in ca, Urgell}) is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of B ...

(currently the C-1313 road). The ''ajuntament'' (town hall) is located in Castellnou de Bassella. The municipality extends to both sides of the Segre river at the southern extremity of the Alt Urgell. Much of the territory has been flooded by the construction of the Rialb

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. It includes the southern

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of Sant Mer within

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Subdivisions

Populations are as of 2005 *Aguilar (21), with the foundations of the castle of Aguilar de Bassella *Altès (41), with the church of Sant Pere (nineteenth century) *Bassella (20), with the parish church of la Mare de Déu de l'Assumpció, also known as the Church of la Mare de Déu de la Garrola, and a

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*Castellnou de Bassella (7) *La Clua (20), on a hill, with a Romanesque church dating from the twelfth century *Guardiola (9), on the foothills of the Pubill range *Mirambell (23) *Ogern (123), on the road towards Solsona *Serinyana (1)

Demography

The quoted populations are for the entire municipality.

References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

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Government data pages

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