Sant Guim de Freixenet explained

Sant Guim de Freixenet
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Catalonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:41.6575°N 1.4219°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lleida
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Segarra
Leader Title:mayor
Leader Name:Francesc Lluch Majoral (2015)[1]
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:25.1
Elevation M:738
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code:25192

Sant Guim de Freixenet (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈsaŋ ˈgim de fɾejʃeˈnet/) is a municipality in the comarca of la Segarra in Catalonia, Spain.

History

Owing to the intense military activity at the Lleida front, this municipality suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939).

At that time it was known as Pineda de Segarra and, owing to the hardships caused by the war, paper money was printed in the town.[3] The present-day main town was formerly known as Sant Guim de l'Estació because it was built around the railway station of the Lleida - Manresa line.

Nowadays many of the villages that make up the municipality have been depopulated as people have moved to urban areas. Most have only residual population.

Villages

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de Sant Guim de Freixenet. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Sant Guim de Freixenet. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
  3. Isidre Aymerich, El paper moneda, els bons i els vals a la Segarra durant la Guerra Civil (1936–1939)