Sant Guim de Freixenet (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsaŋ ˈgim de fɾejʃeˈnet]) is a municipality in the comarca of la Segarra in Catalonia, Spain.
Sant Guim de Freixenet | |
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 Sant Guim agricultural co-op | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Sant Guim de Freixenet Location in Catalonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°39′27″N 1°25′19″E / 41.65750°N 1.42194°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Segarra |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Francesc Lluch Majoral (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 738 m (2,421 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 1,040 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
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History
editOwing to the intense military activity at the Lleida front, this municipality suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939).
At that time it was known as Pineda de Segarra and, owing to the hardships caused by the war, paper money was printed in the town.[4] The present-day main town was formerly known as Sant Guim de l'Estació because it was built around the railway station of the Lleida - Manresa line.
Nowadays many of the villages that make up the municipality have been depopulated as people have moved to urban areas. Most have only residual population.
Villages
edit- Altadill, 0
- Amorós, 10
- El Castell de Santa Maria, 12
- Freixenet de Segarra, 44
- Melió, 6
- Palamós 0
- La Rabassa, 26
- Sant Domí, 21
- Sant Guim de Freixenet, 868
- Sant Guim de la Rabassa, 22
- La Tallada, 48
References
edit- ^ "Ajuntament de Sant Guim de Freixenet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Sant Guim de Freixenet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Isidre Aymerich, El paper moneda, els bons i els vals a la Segarra durant la Guerra Civil (1936–1939)
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