Organyà Explained

Organyà
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Province of Lleida#Spain Catalonia#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:42.2131°N 1.3289°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lleida
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Alt Urgell
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Cel·lestí Vilà Betriu (2015)[1]
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:12.5
Elevation M:558
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Ganxo, Ganxa
Organyès, organyesa
Organyenc, organyenca

Organyà (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /oɾɣaˈɲa/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Segre river below the Trespons gorge, and is served by the C-14 road between Ponts and La Seu d'Urgell. There is a monument to the Homilies d'Organyà, a 12th or 13th century collection of sermons which is the oldest literary text in the Catalan language to survive in its entirety, discovered in the town in 1904.

Organyà is the birthplace of Rosa Florentina Eroles (1815-1864), the mother of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/family.php?famid=F3921

The municipality surrounds an exclave of Cabó.

Demography

Pop 1900:1002
Pop 1930:1036
Pop 1950:1087
Pop 1970:1142
Pop 1986:1079
Pop Latest:959
Latest Year:2007

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament d'Organyà. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Organyà. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.