La Pobla de Lillet

La Pobla de Lillet
Municipality
La Pobla de Lillet Location in Catalonia
La Pobla de Lillet Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 1°58′30″E / 42.244°N 1.975°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Berguedà
Government
• Mayor	Vicenç Linares Clota (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area[2]
• Total	51.4 km^2 (19.8 sq mi)
Elevation	843 m (2,766 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	1,155
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pobletà
Website	www.poblalillet.cat

La Pobla de Lillet is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.

The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.

Transportation

Steam locomotive with 600 mm gauge of Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse in Liege (Belgium), 1901

The Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.^[3]

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

1. "Ajuntament de la Pobla de Lillet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Lillet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. "Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat - Traçat" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

External links

• Official website (Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)