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El Poal is a village of Pla d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain.

El Poal
Municipality
Cal Castell, in El Poal
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°40′51″N 0°51′26″E
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Pla d'Urgell
Government
• Mayor	Rafel Panadés Farré (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area [2]
• Total	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	626
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Website	poal.ddl.net

Geography

El Poal is approximately located five miles south from Mollerussa, capital of the region, specifically along the shore of the Urgell Canal. El Poal borders on Linyola to the north, Palau d’Anglesola to the south, Vila-sana to the east and Bellvís to the west.

• Altitude: 215 metres
• Surface: 9 square km
• Population: 660 inhabitants

Throughout this fertile plain irrigated crops such as fodder, maize, cereals and fruit trees are cultivated. The economy of the village is complemented by stockbreeding. Minor occupation is focused on industry and services.

Demographic evolution

Historical population of El Poal

Year	1930	1950	1970	1981	1986
Population	659	768	815	728	689

Special events, fairs and celebrations

• Annual Town Celebration and Sona El Poal Festival (electronic nights with video projections along the town): 24 August
• Carnival 2006: 24th and 25 February (big fire organized by the youth, popular dinner and traditional dances)
• Annual Celebration of El Roser: 2nd weekend of May
• Annual Celebration of Joan Baptista: 3rd weekend of August
• National Day of Catalonia: 11 September (popular sardine dinner with habaneras party in the swimming-pool)

References

External links

• El Poal webpage
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

На других языках

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- [en] El Poal

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[es] Poal

Poal[1] (oficialmente y en catalán, El Poal) es un municipio español de la provincia de Lérida, situado en la comarca de Plana de Urgel, de pequeña extensión, situado al norte de ésta, entre los de Bellvís y Liñola. Pertenece al partido judicial de Balaguer.

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[ru] Поаль

Поаль (исп. Poal, кат. El Poal) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Льейда в составе автономного сообщества Каталония. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Пла-д’Уржель. Занимает площадь 8,9 км². Население — 622 человека (на 2010 год).

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