El Pont de Suert | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia vegueries#Spain |
Coordinates: | 42.4061°N 0.7394°W |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Alt Pirineu |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Alta Ribagorça |
Subdivision Type4: | Province |
Subdivision Name4: | Lleida |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Iolanda Ferran Closa (Tothom El Pont de Suert) (2023) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 148.1 |
Elevation M: | 838 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonyms: | Pontarrí, pontarrina |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfb |
El Pont de Suert (pronounced as /ca/, Ribagorçan: Lo Pont de Suert) is a town and municipality in Catalonia. It is the capital of Alta Ribagorça county in the Alt Pirineu region. It is located at 838 metres above sea level, on the banks of river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. In 2022, it had a population of 2,336.[2]
It is located a short distance from the administrative border with Aragon, as well as the linguistic border between Catalan and Aranese Occitan. The local dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.
It can be reached via the N-230 and N-260 roads.