Alta Ribagorça

Alta Ribagorça
—  Comarca  —
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Capital	Pont de Suert
Municipalities	List El Pont de Suert, La Vall de Boí, Vilaller
Government
• President of the Comarcal Council	Joan Perelada i Ramon (PSC)
Area
• Total	426.8 km2 (164.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	4,431
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Demonym	Ribagorçan
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
Largest municipality	Pont de Suert

Alta Ribagorça (Catalan pronunciation: [aɫtə riβəˈɣorsə], locally: [ˈaɫta riβaˈɣoɾsa]) is one of the comarques of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Pont de Suert. The highest peak is the Comaloformo (3030 meters above sea level) in the massif of Bessiberri. Northeast of the region is the western part of the National Aiguas Tortas and Lake of San Mauricio. It is connected with the Val d'Aran valley thorough the Vielha tunnel.

Municipalities of Alta Ribagorça:

• El Pont de Suert - pop. 2,725
• Vall de Boí - pop. 1,062
• Vilaller - pop. 644

The Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.(Nov. 30, 2000). [1]. In the North-East of the area there is the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, which attracts an important number of visitors.

The local Ribagorçan dialect is a variant of Catalan, which has some transitional traits to Aragonese.

Location:

• Farthest east point: 0° 58' 27,80" East longitude.
• Farthest west point: 0° 41' 30,24" East longitude.
• Farthest north point: 42° 37' 58,88" North latitude.
• Farthest south point: 42° 18' 0,07" North latitude.

Highest point: Comaloformo (3030 m) in the Bessiberri Range.

References

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística (in Spanish). Reference for populations of municipalities as of January 1, 2005.
• IDESCAT: Statistical information for Alta Ribagorça (in Catalan). Source for list of municipalities, surface area.

External links

• Official site of the Consell Comarcal of Alta Ribagorça
• Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Generalitat de Catalunya
• Information on Alta Ribagorça from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (In Catalan)
• Information on Alta Ribagorça from the official site of Lleida

Coordinates: 42°27′48″N 0°49′47″E / 42.46333°N 0.82972°E / 42.46333; 0.82972