Sort, Lleida

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Sort
Municipality
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Flag of Sort
Flag
Official seal of Sort
Seal
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Bandera de la provincia de Lérida.svg Lleida
Comarca Bandera del Pallars Sobirà.svg Pallars Sobirà
Government
 • Mayor Raimon Monterde Alberich (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 105.0 km2 (40.5 sq mi)
Elevation 692 m (2,270 ft)
Population (2018)[3]
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Climate Cfb
Website sort.cat

Sort (Catalan: [ˈsɔrt]) is the capital of the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, in the country of Spain. It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,113 (2005).

It was once capital of the County of Pallars.

The origin of the name predates the Roman period and has a different origin from the concept of sort -Catalan for “luck”-. Sort is a toponym of Basque origin, from the word sort, or suert, which meant bridge, referring to the only important bridge that crossed the Noguera Pallaresa river.

The municipality includes the small village of Olp.

Demographic evolution

References

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