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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puigcerdà (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌputʃəɾˈða]; Spanish: Puigcerdá, pronounced [putʃθeɾˈða]) is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts directly onto the French town of Bourg-Madame).
Puigcerdà | |
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 Casa de la Vila, the city hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Puigcerdà Location in Catalonia  Puigcerdà Puigcerdà (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 42°25′54″N 1°55′42″E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Girona |
| Comarca | Baixa Cerdanya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albert Piñeira Brosel (2015)[1] (CiU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.9 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,202 m (3,944 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 8,981 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Puigcerdanenc |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | puigcerda |
Puigcerdà is located near the site of a Ceretani settlement, which was incorporated into Roman territory. The Roman town was named Julia Libyca (modern day Llívia).
Puigcerdà was founded in 1178 by King Alfonso I of Aragon, Count of Barcelona. In 1178 Puigcerdà replaced Hix as the capital of Cerdanya. Hix is now a village in the commune of Bourg-Madame, in the French part of Cerdanya.
In the closing stages of the 1672-1678 Franco-Dutch War, the town was captured by a French army under the duc de Noailles but returned to Spain in the Treaties of Nijmegen.[4]
Puigcerdà was unique during the Spanish Civil War in having a democratically elected Anarchist council.[citation needed]
The Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway was opened in 1929, crossing the Pyrenees to France.
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