Sant Guim de Freixenet

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Sant Guim de Freixenet
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°39′27″N1°25′19″E / 41.65750°N 1.42194°E / 41.65750; 1.42194 Coordinates: 41°39′27″N1°25′19″E / 41.65750°N 1.42194°E / 41.65750; 1.42194
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Lleida
Comarca Segarra
Government
  mayorFrancesc Lluch Majoral (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation
738 m (2,421 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total1,040
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website www.santguim.cat

Sant Guim de Freixenet is a municipality in the comarca of la Segarra in Catalonia, Spain.

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The deserted village of Palamos with the now ruined Sant Joan de Palamos church Palamos (Sant Guim de Freixenet).JPG
The deserted village of Palamós with the now ruined Sant Joan de Palamós church

History

Owing to the intense military activity at the Lleida front, this municipality suffered much during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939).

At that time it was known as Pineda de Segarra and, owing to the hardships caused by the war, paper money was printed in the town. [4] The present-day main town was formerly known as Sant Guim de l'Estació because it was built around the railway station of the Lleida - Manresa line.

Nowadays many of the villages that make up the municipality have been depopulated as people have moved to urban areas. Most have only residual population.

Villages

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Sant Guim de Freixenet". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Sant Guim de Freixenet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. Isidre Aymerich, El paper moneda, els bons i els vals a la Segarra durant la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)