Torà

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Torà
Municipality

Torà - Plaça del Vall - Holy Friday market (1983)
Torà

Location of Torà within Spain

Coordinates: 41°48′41.05″N 001°24′13.88″E / 41.8114028°N 1.4038556°E / 41.8114028; 1.4038556Coordinates: 41°48′41.05″N 001°24′13.88″E / 41.8114028°N 1.4038556°E / 41.8114028; 1.4038556
Country  Spain
Region  Catalonia
Government
 • Mayor Magí Coscollola Andreu (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi)
Elevation 448 m (1,470 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,202
 • Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Demonym(s) toranès/toranesa
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 25750
Area code(s) 34 (Spain) + 973 (Lleida)
Website www.tora.cat

Torà (Catalan pronunciation: [tuˈɾa]; Spanish: Torá, pronounced: [toˈɾa], locally: [toˈɾa]) is a town and municipality in the North East of the comarca (county) of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The urban structure of the center has retained most of its original design, with narrow, twisting streets and blocks formed by rows of attached buildings. The Medieval town grew around a castle or fortified place (Thoranum castrum). A particular trait of the fortified origin of the town is the presence of a number of portals to allow several streets their pass through defensive barriers formed by the rows of buildings of the town and its walls. Torà is some 10 kilometers northeast from the more populated Guissona (6,145 inhabitants in 2010), a neighbor town that has experienced an important economic development in the last half century (mainly due to meat production and generation of a meat packing industry) parallel to an unprecedented demographic growth sped up in the recent years (from 3,060 inhabitants in 1998 to 6,145 in 2010).

The municipality stretches along la Vall (valley) de la Riera (creek or brook) de Llanera (the Valley of Llanera's Creek) up to the confluence with the Llobregós River. Its orography is rather uneven with the lowest point at 430m and peaks rising up to 850m above sea level. The North sector features el Tossal (a kind of hill) de l'Aguda (L'Aguda's Hill), el Tossal de Sant Donat (Snat Donat's Hill), and the creek named la Riera de Llanera flowing across. On the other hand, the South sector features the hills el Tossal de Sant Pere and el Tossal de la Pineda, crossed by la Riera de Cellers, one of the Riera de Llanera's tributary brooks merging on its left. The town is settled by the left bank of the creek la Riera de Llanera, near the confluence with the Llobregós River, at the bottom of the mountain range la Serra de l'Aguda.[3]
In 1968, the former municipality of Llanera was integrated to Torà.

Districts and neighbourhoods

These are the populated places present in the municipality of Torà:

History

Battle of Torà

Main article: Battle of Torà

There was a battle of the Reconquista fought between an alliance of Catalonian counts and an army of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1003 AD at Torà.

Culture

Festivals

Torà in Christmas

Main sights

Torà - Torre de Vallferosa (watchtower)

Municipal constructions

Military constructions and buildings

Romanesque architecture

Jewish legacy

Location: Carrer Nou, with access through two portals: Portal Nou at Plaça del Pati (Courtyard's Square), and a portal at Plaça de l'Església (Church's Square)[5]

Other monumental buildings

Communications

Torà is along the county road C-1412. Coming from Balaguer, C-1313 towards La Seu d'Urgell until Ponts and then, the road C-1412 towards Calaf. Coming from Cervera, the national road N-141, then the local road LV-3003.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1497 140—    
1515 92−2.31%
1553 196+2.01%
1717 914+0.94%
1787 1,255+0.45%
1857 1,969+0.65%
1877 1,567−1.14%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1887 1,499−0.44%
1900 1,303−1.07%
1910 1,309+0.05%
1920 1,294−0.12%
1930 1,567+1.93%
1940 1,534−0.21%
1950 1,511−0.15%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1960 1,442−0.47%
1970 1,335−0.77%
1981 1,288−0.33%
1990 1,181−0.96%
1992 1,131−2.14%
1994 1,155+1.06%
1996 1,143−0.52%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1998 1,174+1.35%
2000 1,191+0.72%
2002 1,220+1.21%
2004 1,231+0.45%
2006 1,327+3.83%
2009 1,367+0.99%
Source: [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de Torà". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Torà". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. 1 2 Lleida.com
  4. ↑ Vegueries .com Routes: Vallferosa (locality in the municipality of Torà), brief description of Vallferosa (Torà) published in the website of a private society specializing in information of tourist interest about routes and places in Catalonia
  5. ↑ article about Jewish culture at Lleidatur .com, the official website of the Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Lleida (the Province's Tourism Administration)
  6. ↑ idescat: Web de l'estadística oficial de Catalunya
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