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.
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.