Ponts | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.9148°N 1.185°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lleida |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Noguera |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Francisco Garcia Cañadas (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 30.5 |
Elevation M: | 363 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Pontsicans |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 25740 |
Ponts (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈpɔns/) is a municipality and a town in the comarca of the Noguera in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Segre river near its confluence with the Llobregós river and at the point where the routes from Calaf (currently the C-1412 road) and Cervera (currently the L-313 road) meet the route from Lleida to La Seu d'Urgell (currently the C-1313 road).
Economy is based on agriculture (cereals, olives, vine, potato, sunflowers) and animal husbandry (domestic sheep, pigs, birds). The industry sector comprises food processing and textiles.