Organyà is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Segre river below the Trespons gorge, and is served by the C-14 road between Ponts and La Seu d'Urgell. There is a monument to the Homilies d'Organyà, a 12th or 13th century collection of sermons which is the oldest literary text in the Catalan language to survive in its entirety, discovered in the town in 1904.
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Coordinates: 42°12′47″N 1°19′44″E | |
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Province | Lleida |
Comarca | Alt Urgell |
Government | |
• Mayor | Cel·lestí Vilà Betriu (2015)[1] |
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• Total | 12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 558 m (1,831 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 792 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Ganxo, Ganxa Organyès, organyesa Organyenc, organyenca |
Website | organya |
Organyà is the birthplace of Rosa Florentina Eroles (1815-1864), the mother of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth.
The municipality surrounds an exclave of Cabó.
1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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1002 | 1036 | 1087 | 1142 | 1079 | 959 |
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