Montgai () is a

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in the

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Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

and

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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 ...

, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the river Sió among the hills of Bellmunt in the south and the mountains of Montclar in the north. It has a population of . The municipality consists of two villages: Montgai and Butsènit d'Urgell.

Economy

The economy is based in the agricultural activities. The expansion of cultivated land is quite divided between dry and irrigated land.

Population

In the 20th century Montgai had 27 houses, and increased the number of inhabitants until the 1930s. Then, it started a decrease because of economic crisis in the agriculture, and today there are 663 citizens.

Montgai: the village

In the middle of the village there is the church Mare de Déu de l'Assumpció, built in the mid-eighteenth century. Campanar de Montgai

Butsènit d'Urgell

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Government data pages
Municipalities in Noguera (comarca) {{Lleida-geo-stub