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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
Sort
Municipality
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Sort is located in CataloniaSortSortLocation in Catalonia
Coordinates: 42°25′N 1°8′E / 42.417°N 1.133°E / 42.417; 1.133
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Pallars Sobirà
Government
 • MayorRaimon Monterde Alberich (2015)
Area
 • Total105.0 km (40.5 sq mi)
Elevation692 m (2,270 ft)
Population
 • Total2,164
 • Density21/km (53/sq mi)
ClimateCfb
Websitesort.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

  1. "Ajuntament de Sort". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Sort". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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Places adjacent to Sort, Spain
Espot Rialp
La Torre de Cabdella Sort
Baix Pallars Soriguera
Municipalities of Pallars Sobirà
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Municipalities of the province of Lleida
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