Camarasa | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.876°N 0.878°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lleida |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | La Noguera |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Elisabet Lizaso Cantón (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 157.1 |
Elevation M: | 321 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Camarasí, Camarasina |
Camarasa (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /kamaˈɾaza/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Noguera in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Segre and Noguera Pallaresa rivers. The Camarasa reservoir on the Noguera Pallaresa (113 hm³) and the Sant Llorenç de Montgai reservoir on the Segre are important hydroelectric power stations.
The C-147 road links the municipality with Balaguer and Tremp, and there are Renfe railway stations in Sant Llorenç de Montgai and L'Ametlla de Montsec.
The municipality includes a small exclave to the north.