Ponts, Lleida
Ponts is a municipality an toun in the comarca o the Noguera in the province o Lleida, Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit on the left bank o the Segre river near its confluence wi the Llobregós river an at the point whaur the routes frae Calaf (currently the C-1412 road) an Cervera (currently the L-313 road) meet the route frae Lleida tae La Seu d'Urgell (currently the C-1313 road).
Ponts | |
|---|---|
 Romanesque airt in Sant Pere Kirk in Ponts | |
  Ponts Location in Catalonie | |
| Coordinates: 41°54′53.28″N 1°11′6.00″E / 41.9148000°N 1.1850000°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Autonomous commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Noguera |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Jaume García Badias (PM-PSC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 363 m (1,191 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 2,803 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pontsicans |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 25740 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Economy is based on agricultur (cereals, olives, vine, potato, sunflouers) an ainimal husbandry (domestic sheep, pigs, birds). The industry sector comprises fuid processin an textiles.
Main sichts
eedit- Sant Pere de Ponts, a Romanesque kirk biggit in the 11t hunderyear.
- Auld quairter o Ponts. Wi the teepical portico o the Major Street.
- Rialb reservoir]]. This is the biggest dam in Catalonie.
- Segarra-Garrigues Canal. It is the name o a important watter line that supplees pairt o Lleida.
- Parc La Roca del Call. It is a ootdoor multi-sports complex, especially canoein an kayakin.
- Circuit del Bosquet (kent as Circuit de Ponts an aw). It is ane o the best motocross circuits in Catalonie.
- Boncompte Museum. It is a private collection o fireairms.
References
eedit- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Ponts (Noguera). |
- Offeecial wabsteid
- Information - Generalitat de Catalunya Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Statistical information - Statistical Institute o Catalonie (IDESCAT)