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Sant Guim de Freixenet

Sant Guim de Freixenet
Municipality
Sant Guim agricultural co-op
Sant Guim agricultural co-op
Flag of Sant Guim de Freixenet
Flag
Coat of arms of Sant Guim de Freixenet
Coat of arms
Sant Guim de Freixenet is located in Catalonia
Sant Guim de Freixenet
Sant Guim de Freixenet
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°39′27″N 1°25′19″E / 41.65750°N 1.42194°E / 41.65750; 1.42194Coordinates: 41°39′27″N 1°25′19″E / 41.65750°N 1.42194°E / 41.65750; 1.42194
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Segarra
Government
 • mayor Francesc Lluch Majoral (2015)
Area
 • Total 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation 738 m (2,421 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 1,107
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website www.santguim.cat

Sant Guim de Freixenet is a municipality in the comarca of la Segarra in Catalonia, Spain.

Owing to the intense military activity at the Lleida front, this municipality suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39).

At that time it was known as Pineda de Segarra and, owing to the hardships caused by the war, paper money was printed in the town. The present-day main town was formerly known as Sant Guim de l'Estació because it was built around the railway station of the Lleida - Manresa line.

Nowadays many of the villages that make up the municipality have been depopulated as people have moved to urban areas. Most have only residual population.




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