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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
La Pobla de Lillet
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 1°58′30″E / 42.244°N 1.975°E / 42.244; 1.975
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBerguedà
Government
 • MayorVicenç Linares Clota (2015) (CiU)
Area
 • Total51.4 km (19.8 sq mi)
Elevation843 m (2,766 ft)
Population
 • Total1,101
 • Density21/km (55/sq mi)
DemonymPoblatà
Websitewww.poblalillet.cat

La Pobla de Lillet (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ˈpob.blə ðə liˈʎɛt]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.

The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.

Transportation

Steam locomotive with 600 mm gauge of Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse in Liège (Belgium), 1901

The Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat [Wikidata] is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.

History

  • Castell de Lillet is a ruined castle. The remains are located on a large rock, near the torrent of Junyent to the left of the Arija.Built in the 9th century and re-enforced in the 14th century the castle remained active till the 15th century.

On September 8, 1864 La Pobla de Lillet suffered a major flood that took away a mill and two houses and in which a four-year-old boy died.

Festivals

  • Easter Monday - Falgars Dance and Cinquagesma Festival
  • 1st Sunday of October- Festa Major del Roser

References

  1. "Ajuntament de la Pobla de Lillet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Lillet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat - Traçat" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  5. Castell de Lillet». Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
  6. Santandreu i Solé, M. Dolors. «Castell de Lillet». A: El Berguedà. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1985, p. 355-357 (Catalunya Romànica, XII). ISBN 84-8519-469-1.
  7. Sala i Bartés, Miquel «La riuada del 1864 a la Pobla de Lillet». L'Erol, revista comarcal del Berguedà, 8, març 1984, pàg. 42.
  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (in Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (in Catalan).

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Places adjacent to La Pobla de Lillet
Guardiola de Berguedà Castellar de n'Hug
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola La Pobla de Lillet Gombrèn
Castell de l'Areny Les Llosses Sant Jaume de Frontanyà
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