La Seu d'Urgell

La Seu d' Urgell [ lə sɛw ðuɾʒeʎ ] is a city in northern Catalonia. The city is located in the Pyrenees mountains near the sovereign principality of Andorra. It is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Alt Urgell, in the province of Lleida. The city is located 691 m above sea level, is 15.44 square kilometers and counts 12,468 inhabitants (1 January 2013). Through the city flows the Segre, in coming to the urban area of ​​the Valira, from Andorra, opens.

History

The city was founded in 195 BC as Orgellia by the Romans. Little is known about the Christianization of the region, but there were already 527 a bishop. In the Middle Ages La Seu d' Urgell was the capital of the historic county of Urgell. The name suffix Seu means in Catalan bishop's seat. The diocese of Urgell was one of the starting points of the represented by their bishop Felix of Urgell Christian faith towards the Adoptionism in the Middle Ages. This led to an official mention of La Seu d' Urgell in Kapitular the Synod of Frankfurt 794 under Charlemagne.

The bishop is still next to the President of France, one of the two co- princes (~ Head of State) of the neighboring State of Andorra.

1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona were held the canoe slalom competitions in La Seu d' Urgell in the frame.

The city is the seat of the Catholic religious order Germanes de la Sagrada Família d' Urgell ( Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell ).

Population

Attractions

  • Cathedral of Santa María

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Teresa Colom Pich (* 1973), Andorran poet
  • Alfredo Pastor ( 1944), economists
  • Albert Villaró (* 1964), Andorran writer
  • Isidre Esteve Pujol (born 1972 ), Enduro racers

Twinning

  • Villemur -sur -Tarn in the Haute- Garonne (France), since 1981
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