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Balaguer
 
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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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Balaguer Santacana v. Spain, Communication No. 417/1990, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/51/D/417/1990 (1994). (5448 words)
Balaguer are being dealt with by the Spanish courts in the exercise of Spanish sovereignty, domestic remedies have not been exhausted, and that the communication should be declared inadmissible.
Balaguer reaffirms that he is entitled to represent his daughter before the Committee, not however by refuting the State party's observations but by reference to paragraph 6.2 of the Committee's decision on admissibility.
Balaguer continuously failed to observe, and objected to, the modalities of his rightof access, that she sought exclusive custody and non-contentious proceedings were suspended.
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