Organyà

Organyà is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Segre river below the Trespons gorge, and is served by the C-14 road between Ponts and La Seu d'Urgell. There is a monument to the Homilies d'Organyà, a 12th or 13th century collection of sermons which is the oldest literary text in the Catalan language to survive in its entirety, discovered in the town in 1904.

Organyà
Municipality
Organyà
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Location in Catalonia
Organyà
Organyà (Catalonia)
Organyà
Organyà (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°12′47″N 1°19′44″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceLleida
ComarcaAlt Urgell
Government
 • MayorCel·lestí Vilà Betriu (2015)[1]
Area
 • Total12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Elevation
558 m (1,831 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total792
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Ganxo, Ganxa
Organyès, organyesa
Organyenc, organyenca
Websiteorganya.cat
Organya, July 2007.

Organyà is the birthplace of Rosa Florentina Eroles (1815-1864), the mother of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.

The municipality surrounds an exclave of Cabó.

Demography
1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
1002 1036 1087 1142 1079 959

References
  1. "Ajuntament d'Organyà". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Organyà". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).



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