Sucs ( previous spelling Suchs, still prevalent in

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, but controversial and not official) is a locality in the municipality of Lleida (

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). Like the neighbouring Raimat, the official status of Sucs is that of a '' decentralised municipal entity'', as some semi-urban wards attached to a larger municipality are known in Catalonia, and located 22 km from Lleida. In the 2008 census Sucs had 578 inhabitants. Its name comes from

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, and is a reference to the local fair. It's mentioned in 1188, in the ''Ordinato Ecclesia Ilerdensis'', as part of the bishopric of Lleida, along with the neighbouring locality of Suquets.http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0421919 The ruins of Sucs castle and a Romanesque church dating back from the 12th century are located on top of a hill known as Lo Vilot.

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