La Pobla de Lillet

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La Pobla de Lillet
La Pobla de Lillet is located in Province of Barcelona
La Pobla de Lillet
La Pobla de Lillet
Location in Catalonia
La Pobla de Lillet is located in Spain
La Pobla de Lillet
La Pobla de Lillet
La Pobla de Lillet (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°14′38″N 1°58′30″E / 42.244°N 1.975°E / 42.244; 1.975
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBerguedà
Government
 • MayorVicenç Linares Clota (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area
 • Total51.4 km2 (19.8 sq mi)
Elevation
843 m (2,766 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total1,155
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
DemonymPoblatà
Websitewww.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 Template:Es icon. ISBN 84-87135-02-1 Template:Ca icon.

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