Ponts, Lleida

Ponts
Municipality

Romanesque art in Sant Pere Church in Ponts
Ponts

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 41°54′53.28″N 1°11′6.00″E / 41.9148000°N 1.1850000°E / 41.9148000; 1.1850000
Country  Spain
Autonomous Community  Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Noguera
Government
  Mayor Francisco Garcia Cañadas (2015)[1]
Area[2]
  Total 30.5 km2 (11.8 sq mi)
Elevation 363 m (1,191 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 2,701
  Density 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pontsicans
Postal code 25740
Website www.ccnoguera.cat/ponts

Ponts is a municipality and a town in the comarca of the Noguera in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Segre river near its confluence with the Llobregós river and at the point where the routes from Calaf (currently the C-1412 road) and Cervera (currently the L-313 road) meet the route from Lleida to La Seu d'Urgell (currently the C-1313 road).

Economy is based on agriculture (cereals, olives, vine, potato, sunflowers) and animal husbandry (domestic sheep, pigs, birds). The industry sector comprises food processing and textiles.

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