Os de Balaguer
Os de Balaguer | |
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Coordinates: 41°52′21″N 0°43′12″E / 41.87250°N 0.72000°E | |
Kintra | Spain |
Commonty | Catalonie |
Province | Lleida |
Comarca | Noguera |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Ignasi Cortés i Giné |
Area | |
• Total | 136 km2 (53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 463 m (1,519 ft) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 985 |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 25610 |
Os de Balaguer is a municipality in the comarca o Noguera, in the province o Lleida, Catalonie, Spain.
Economy is based on agricultur, wi, in pairticular, the cultivation o vegetables, cereals an olive, an on ainimal husbandry as well.
Sichts in the municipality include the rock pentins o Balma dels Vilars (includit in the UNESCO Heritage Leet an the umwhile Agostianian monastery o Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes.
Os de Balaguer wis the birthplace o Gaspar de Portolà (1716–1784), govrenor o Baja an Alta California (1767–1770), splorer an foonder o San Diego an Monterey.
The municipality is split intae twa pairts, the bigger north-wastren pairt conteenin the veelage o Os de Balaguer, the smawer sooth-eastren pairt conteenin the veelage o Gerb.
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- Offeecial wabsteid (in Catalan)