Isona i Conca Dellà

Isona i Conca Dellà
Municipality
Santa Maria de Covet church
Flag Coat of arms
Isona i Conca Dellà Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 42°7′12″N 1°2′53″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Pallars Jussà
Government
• Mayor	Constantí Aranda Farrero (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	139.4 km^2 (53.8 sq mi)
Elevation	659 m (2,162 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	1,028
• Density	7.4/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Isonenc, isonenca
Website	isona.cat

Isona i Conca Dellà (Catalan pronunciation: [iˈzonɛj ˈkoŋkɛ ðaˈʎa]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Conques river in the south-east of the comarca. It was formed in 1970 by the fusion of the following municipalities: Isona, Basturs, Benavent de la Conca, Biscarri, Conques, Covet, Gramenet, Llordà, Masos de Sant Martí, Montodó, Orcau i Figuerola d'Orcau, Sant Romà d'Abella and Siall. The town hall is in Isona. The municipality is served by the C-1412 road between Artesa de Segre and Tremp, and is linked to Coll de Nargó by the L-511. It includes a small exclave to the south.

The church of Santa Maria in Covet and Llordà castle are protected historico-artistic monuments.

Subdivisions

The municipality of Isona and Conca Dellà is formed of fourteen villages. Populations are given as of 2005:

• Basturs (40), three kilometres south-east of Orcau
• Benavent de la Conca (26), at the foot of a 200 m hill of conglomerate
• Biscarri (53), at the foot of the Moles range at the edge of the Tremp basin
• Conques (98)
• Covet (5)
• Figuerola d'Orcau (181)
• Gramenet (1)
• Isona (619)
• Llordà (10)
• Els Masos de Sant Martí
• Montadó (3)
• Orcau (18)
• Sant Romà d'Abella (89)
• Siall (6)

Demography

Populations from before 1970 are the totals of the populations of the former municipalities.

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
3522	2695	2257	1615	1502	1153

References

1. "Ajuntament d'Isona i Conca Dellà". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Isona i Conca Dellà". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

• 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

• Official website (in Catalan)
• Government data pages (in Catalan)