El Poal () is a village of

Pla d'Urgell Pla d'Urgell () is a comarca (county) in the Ponent region of Catalonia, Spain. The capital is the city of Mollerussa Mollerussa () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Pla d'Urgell, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia Catalonia is a ...

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, Spain.

Geography

El Poal is approximately located five miles south from

Mollerussa Mollerussa () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Pla d'Urgell, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Au ...

, capital of the region, specifically along the shore of the Urgell Canal. El Poal borders on

Linyola Linyola () is a municipality in the ''Comarques of Catalonia, comarca'' of Pla d'Urgell in Catalonia, Spain. Notable individuals associated with Linyola: *Josep Maria Fusté (1941–2023), former FC Barcelona Midfielder (football)#Centre midfielde ...

to the north,

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to the south, Vila-sana to the east and

Bellvís ; ) is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia. The municipality has an exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an ...

to the west. *Altitude: 215 metres *Surface: 9 square km *Population: 660 inhabitants Throughout this fertile plain irrigated crops such as fodder, maize, cereals and fruit trees are cultivated. The economy of the village is complemented by stockbreeding. Minor occupation is focused on industry and services.

Demographic evolution

Special events, fairs and celebrations

*Annual Town Celebration and Sona El Poal Festival (electronic nights with video projections along the town): 24 August *Carnival 2006: 24th and 25 February (big fire organized by the youth, popular dinner and traditional dances) *Annual Celebration of El Roser: 2nd weekend of May *Annual Celebration of Joan Baptista: 3rd weekend of August *National Day of Catalonia: 11 September (popular sardine dinner with habaneras party in the swimming-pool)

References

External links

El Poal webpage

Government data pages
Municipalities in Pla d'Urgell Populated places in Pla d'Urgell {{Lleida-geo-stub