Alins

infobox catalan city
title=Alins
location_

province=Lleida
comarca=Pallars Sobirà
population=257
population_year=2007
area=183.19
population_density=1.40
elevation=1048
demonym=
mayor=Josep Poch i Carmaniu

Alins is a municipality in the "comarca" of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It covers the valles of the Noguera de Vallferrara and Tor rivers in the north of the "comarca". The Pica d'Estats (3142 m, the highest point in Catalonia) is on the frontier between the municipality and France. A local road links the municipality with the L-504 road.

Subdidvisions

The municipality of Alins is formed of seven villages. Those marked with an asterisk are "delocalised municipal entities" ("entitats municipals descentralitzades") and have their own local councils with limited powers.ref|EMD Populations are given as of 2005:
*Ainet de Besan (35)*
*Alins (58)
*Araós (29)*
*Àreu (84)*
*Besan (5)
*Norís (12)
*Tor (25), linked with Andorra by a forest track

Demography

infobox catalan city demography
pop_1900=826
pop_1930=741
pop_1950=635
pop_1970=355
pop_1986=294
pop_latest=257
latest_year=2007

Note

# "Entitats municipals descentralitzades" are governed by the "Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya" (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). They correspond to "entidades locales menores" in the rest of Spain (known as "entitats locals menors" in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands).

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).

External links

* [http://alins.ddl.net/ Official site] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=2501750006 Information from the] Generalitat de Catalunya ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&PDF=FALSE&V1=25017 Information from the] Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya ca