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Puigcerdà

Southern Europe

Puigcerda is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Cerdanya, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, founded in 1178 by King Alfonso I of Aragon to replace Hix as the region's center and directly bordering the French town of Bourg-Madame. A rail link across the Pyrenees to France opened in 1929, and during the Spanish Civil War the town was notable for having a democratically elected Anarchist council. With a population of about 10,035, Puigcerda preserves Romanesque churches and other medieval structures dating from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries.

Facts
Population
10,035 1
Area (sq km)
18.9 1
Founding Year
1178 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
1202 1
Latitude
42.431667 degrees north 1
Longitude
1.928333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Puigcerda (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 10,035 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 42.431667, longitude 1.928333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1202 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 18.9 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1178
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 10035 (2025)
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.4317,1.9283
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 1212.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 1.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 1.75
42.25 1.75 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Puigcerdà - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3112680
Quote, cities500 record 3112680
42.4316 1.92819 P PPLA3 ES 56 GI 17141 17141 8845 1202 1212 Europe/Madrid
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Puigcerda (Wikipedia)
Lead section
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Puigcerdà (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌputʃsəɾˈða, ˌputʃəɾˈða]; Spanish: Puigcerdá, pronounced [putʃθeɾˈða]) is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts directly on the French town of Bourg-Madame).
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Puigcerda (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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