Alins is a municipality in the comarca of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It covers the valles of the Noguera de Vallferrara and Tor rivers in the north of the comarca. The Pica d'Estats (3142 m, the highest point in Catalonia) is on the frontier between the municipality and France. A local road links the municipality with the L-504 road. Image File history File links Sin_bandera. ... Image File history File links Sin_escudo. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Lleida province Lleida is a province of eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Sort Largest city Sort Demonym   Population (2005) 6,883 Area 1,355. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Image File history File links Sin_bandera. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Sort Largest city Sort Demonym   Population (2005) 6,883 Area 1,355. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Sort Largest city Sort Demonym   Population (2005) 6,883 Area 1,355. ... Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... A tor is a large hill, usually topped with rocks. ... The Pica dEstats summit (Catalan: Pica dEstats, French: Pique dEstats) is found between the Catalan district of Pallars Sobirà and the French district of Ariège. ...

Subdidvisions

The municipality of Alins is formed of seven villages. Those marked with an asterisk are "delocalised municipal entities" (entitats municipals descentralitzades) and have their own local councils with limited powers.^[1] Populations are given as of 2005:

• Ainet de Besan (35)*
• Alins (58)
• Araós (29)*
• Àreu (84)*
• Besan (5)
• Norís (12)
• Tor (25), linked with Andorra by a forest track

Demography

Note

1. ^  Entitats municipals descentralitzades are governed by the Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). They correspond to entidades locales menores in the rest of Spain (known as entitats locals menors in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands).

Capital Valencia Official languages Valencian (Catalan) and Spanish (Castilian) Area  – total  – % of Spain Ranked 8th  23 255 km²  4,6% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 4th  4 326 708  10,3%  186,05/km² Demonym  – English  – Valencian  – Spanish  Valencian  valenci... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official language(s) Spanish and Catalan Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 17th  4,992 km²  1. ...

Reference

• 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).

= External links

• Official site
• Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya
• Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya

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