Miralcamp

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Miralcamp
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°36′N0°53′E / 41.600°N 0.883°E / 41.600; 0.883 Coordinates: 41°36′N0°53′E / 41.600°N 0.883°E / 41.600; 0.883
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Bandera de la provincia de Lerida.svg   Lleida
Comarca Bandera del Pla d'Urgell.svg   Pla d'Urgell
Government
   Mayor Carme Ribes Llordés (2019) [1]
Area
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  Total14.9 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total1,347
  Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Website miralcamp.cat

Miralcamp is a village in the province of Lleida and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

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Climate

The climate is continental, or more detail mediterranean strong continental influence, and on which their situation in a depression and the contact with the climate of the Pyrenees have an important influence. It is a dry and arid climate with average temperatures of 14–16° and oscillations ranging between 38 °C in summer and 0° in winter. Rainfall is low and erratic and banks are common fog by its location in a valley basin Segre, which are more common in autumn and winter.

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References

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