Sort, Spain

Sort
Municipality
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Sort Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 42°25′N 1°8′E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Pallars Sobirà
Government
• Mayor	Raimon Monterde Alberich (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	105.0 km^2 (40.5 sq mi)
Elevation	692 m (2,270 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	2,164
• Density	21/km^2 (53/sq mi)
Climate	Cfb
Website	sort.cat

Sort (Catalan: [ˈsɔrt]) is the capital of the comarca of Pallars Sobirà, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, in the country of Spain. It is located at 692 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Pallaresa, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,113 (2005).

It was once capital of the County of Pallars.

The origin of the name predates the Roman period and has a different origin from the concept of sort -Catalan for “luck”-. Sort is a toponym of Basque origin, from the word sort, or suert, which meant bridge, referring to the only important bridge that crossed the Noguera Pallaresa river.

The municipality includes the small village of Olp.

Demographic evolution

References

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

External links

• Pallars Sobirà Official website
• Pallars Sobirà Tourism
• Government data pages (in Catalan)