Ponts, Spain

Ponts
Romanesque art in Sant Pere Church in Ponts
Romanesque art in Sant Pere Church in Ponts
Ponts is located in Catalonia
Ponts
Ponts
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°54′53.28″N 1°11′6.00″E / 41.9148000°N 1.1850000°E / 41.9148000; 1.1850000
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Catalonia
ProvinceLleida
ComarcaNoguera
Government
 • MayorFrancisco Garcia Cañadas (2015)[1]
Area
 • Total30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi)
Elevation
363 m (1,191 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total2,604
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
DemonymPontsicans
Postal code
25740
Websitewww.ccnoguera.cat/ponts

Ponts (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɔns]) is a municipality and a town in the comarca of the Noguera in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Segre river near its confluence with the Llobregós river and at the point where the routes from Calaf (currently the C-1412 road) and Cervera (currently the L-313 road) meet the route from Lleida to La Seu d'Urgell (currently the C-1313 road).

Economy is based on agriculture (cereals, olives, vine, potato, sunflowers) and animal husbandry (domestic sheep, pigs, birds). The industry sector comprises food processing and textiles.

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de Ponts". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Ponts". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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