Les Valls de Valira

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Les Valls de Valira
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Les Valls de Valira
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Les Valls de Valira
Les Valls de Valira (Catalonia)
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Les Valls de Valira
Les Valls de Valira (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°22′34″N1°27′07″E / 42.376°N 1.452°E / 42.376; 1.452 Coordinates: 42°22′34″N1°27′07″E / 42.376°N 1.452°E / 42.376; 1.452
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Bandera de la provincia de Lerida.svg   Lleida
Comarca Alt Urgell
Government
   Mayor Ricard Mateu Vidal (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total171.2 km2 (66.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total803
  Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Website vallsvalira.ddl.net

Les Valls de Valira is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Urgell in Catalonia, that surrounds the south and south-west border of Andorra. It includes a small exclave to the south-east.

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de les Valls de Valira". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Les Valls de Valira". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.