La Pobla de Lillet

La Pobla de Lillet
Municipality
La Pobla de Lillet
La Pobla de Lillet

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 1°58′30″E / 42.244°N 1.975°E / 42.244; 1.975
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Berguedà
Government
 • Mayor Vicenç Linares Clota (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area[2]
 • Total 51.4 km2 (19.8 sq mi)
Elevation 843 m (2,766 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,155
 • Density 22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Poblatà
Website www.poblalillet.cat

La Pobla de Lillet 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 Liege (Belgium), 1901

The Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat 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.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat - Traçat" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
 Guardiola de Berguedà Castellar de n'Hug
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola Gombrèn
   La Pobla de Lillet  
Castell de l'Areny Les Llosses Sant Jaume de Frontanyà


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