Pobla de Segur
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| Coordinates: 42°14′51″N 0°58′03″E / 42.24750°N 0.96750°ECoordinates: 42°14′51″N 0°58′03″E / 42.24750°N 0.96750°E | ||
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 Spain
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| Autonomous community |
 Catalonia
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 Lleida
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| Comarca | Pallars Jussà | |
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| • Mayor | Lluís Bellera Juanmartí (2015) (ERC) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 32.8 km2 (12.7 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 524 m (1,719 ft) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 3,012 | |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 25500 | |
| Dialing code | 34 (Spain) + 973 (Lleida) | |
| Official language(s) | Catalan and Spanish | |
| Website | pobladesegur |
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La Pobla de Segur (Spanish: Puebla de Segur) is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2013 census (INE), the town has a population of 3,073 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in the north of the comarca, above the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is an important local service centre, which has allowed it to escape the depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The village is served by the C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a railway station on a railway line to Lleida.
Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and 22nd President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell.
The earliest settlement in the area was to the north of the present town, and known as El Pui de Segur. It was incorporated into the county of Pallars after Count Guillaume I of Toulouse conquered the region from the Moors in the ninth century. The town was transferred to its current location in the middle of the thirteenth century, and came under the control of Pere VII el Donzell, Viscount of Vilamur, in 1355. His son Pere VIII granted the first charter to the town in 1363. Control would later pass to the Dukes of Cardona.
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