Balaguer

Missing image Balaguer_coat_of_arms.png Official coat of arms (Flag of Balaguer) (Balaguer coat of arms)
Missing image Balaguer_in_Noguera.png Balaguer, in Noguerra Balaguer, in Noguera
Demonym	(In Catalan) balaguerí, balaguerina
Population (2001)	13,359
Surface area	57.3 Km2
Population density (2001)	233.1 people/Km2
Altitude	233 m

Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is located at 233 metres above the sea, by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre. Population 14,068 (2001).

Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by the Counts of Urgell in 1106, who made it their new capital.

The town has a Gothic bridge, the Portal del Gel, over the Segre river. The historic town is on the right bank of the Segre, but following the Spanish Civil War, construction began on a modern bridge, which initiated development of a modern extension of the town on the left bank.

External links

• Official municipal web site (http://www.balaguer.net/) (in Catalan)
• Information about Balaguer from the Generalitat de Catalunya (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=2504040003) (in Catalan)
• Statistical information (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=25040) from IDESCAT (in Catalan)
• General information about Balaguer (http://www.unocorporativa.com/viajes/yahoo2.asp?Municipio=899) (in Spanish)
• Palomero, Aaron Gutiérrez, "Planificación urbana y vivienda obrera en Balaguer (1939 – 1962). Ocupación del margen izquierdo" (http://www.ub.es/geocrit/sn/sn-146(025).htm) Scripta Nova: Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, Vol. VII, núm. 146(025), 1 de agosto de 2003. (In Spanish)

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