El Pont de Suert (,

Ribagorçan Ribagorçan (autonym: or ) is a number of Romance dialects spoken in the modern territories of the medieval County of Ribagorza, in northern Spain. The area corresponds to the modern administrative units of Ribagorza/Ribagorça and La Litera ...

: ''Lo Pont de Suert'') is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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' ...

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 is the capital of

Alta Ribagorça Alta Ribagorça () is a comarca in the Alt Pirineu region, in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is El 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 west ...

county in the

Alt Pirineu Alt Pirineu (; English: ''Upper Pyrenees'') is one of the nine regions (''Vegueries of Catalonia, vegueries'') of Catalonia. Located in the north-west of Catalonia, specifically by the Pyrenees, it covers the higher mountain regions from the Ara ...

region. It is located at 838 metres above sea level, on the banks of river

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 ...

, a tributary to the Segre. It has a population of . It is located a short distance from the administrative border with

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, as well as the linguistic border between Catalan and Aranese Occitan. The local dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese. It can be reached via the

N-230 The N-230 connects Lleida to Vielha, the Vall d'Aran and France. It passes through Benabarre, the Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana and the Vielha tunnel (5.240m). The road is to be up-graded to the Autovía A-14. See also *Autovía A-138 The ...

and

N-260 The N-260, also known as Eje Pirenaico ( Pyrenaean Axis), is the northernmost east–west national road in Spain. In contrast to the majority of Spanish national roads, which were specially constructed during the mid-20th century, the path for ...

roads.

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