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The Province of Lleida ( Western Calatan: [ˈʎejða]; Spanish: Lérida [ˈleɾiða]; Aranese: Lhèida [ˈʎɛjda]) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in northeastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the ...
The Province of Lleida is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in northeastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the country of France and the principality of Andorra. It is often popularly referred to as Ponent.
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Lleida ( Catalan: [ˈʎejðə] ⓘ, locally [ˈʎejðɛ]; Spanish: Lérida [ˈleɾiða] ⓘ; see below) is a city in the west of Catalonia. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It had 140,797 inhabitants as of 2022 .
Ranked 33rd. Official language (s) Catalan, Spanish and Aranese ( Occitan) Parliament. Cortes Generales. Website. www .diputaciolleida .cat. The Province of Lleida ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʎɛjðə]; Spanish: Lérida [ˈleɾiða]; Occitan: Lhèida) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia.
It is bounded by France and Andorra to the north and by the provinces of Girona and Barcelona to the east, Tarragona to the south, and Zaragoza and Huesca to the west. It was formed in 1833. With Barcelona, Girona, and Tarragona, Lleida became one of the four provinces of the newly created autonomous region of Catalonia in 1979.
Electoral system. The constituency was created as per the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 1979 and was first contested in the 1980 regional election.The Statute requires for an electoral law to be passed by a two-thirds supermajority in the Parliament of Catalonia, but transitory provisions provide for the four provinces in Catalonia—Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona—to be ...
History of Spain. 216 BCE – Hanno II the Great was defeated by Scipio Africanus nearby. [1] 49 BCE – Battle of Ilerda fought during Caesar's Civil War. 400-500 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida established. [2] 546 – Religious council held. [1] [3] 793 – The Franks in power.
