Fígols
Encyclopedia
Fígols is a municipality
in the comarca
of the Berguedà
in
Catalonia
, Spain
. It is situated to the north of Cercs
, in the mountains above the Llobregat
valley.
Deposits of lignite
are extracted commercially.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of the Berguedà
Berguedà
Berguedà is a comarca in the interior of Catalonia, Spain, lying partly in the Pyrenees and partly in Catalonia's Depressió Central.-Geography:...
in
Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. It is situated to the north of Cercs
Cercs
Cercs is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà inCatalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Llobregat river above the Baells reservoir.It is the site of an important power station which burns the lignite extracted at Fígols and Saldes...
, in the mountains above the Llobregat
Llobregat
The Llobregat is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain. It originates in Castellar de n'Hug at an altitude of 1,259 meters in the Serra del Cadí, and ends in the Mediterranean Sea, in the municipality of El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona...
valley.
Deposits of lignite
Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
are extracted commercially.
Demography
External links
- Information - Generalitat de Catalunya
- Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya