Alins is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the comarca

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 of the Pallars Sobirà

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 in Catalonia

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, Spain

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. It adjoins France

France

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 and Andorra

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. It covers the valleys of the Noguera de Vallferrara and Tor rivers in the north of the comarca. The Pica d'Estats

Pica d'Estats

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 (3142 m, the highest point in Catalonia) is part of the Montcalm Massif

Montcalm Massif

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 on the frontier between this municipality and Ariège

Ariège

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, France. A local road links the municipality with the L-504 road.

Demography

The municipality of Alins is formed of seven villages. Those marked with an asterisk are "delocalised municipal entities"
(entitats municipals descentralitzades) and have their own local councils with limited powers. Population

Population

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s
are given as of 2005:

• Ainet de Besan (35)*
• Alins (58)
• Araós (29)*
• Àreu (84)*
• Besan (5)
• Norís (12)
• Tor
  Tor, Pallars
  Tor is a village within Alins municipal term, Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Europe. Its municipal term borders with Andorra close to the spot in La Massana parish term where the Vallnord ski resort complex, formed by Pal and Arinsal, is located....
  
   (25), linked with Andorra
  Andorra
  Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
  
   by a forest track

Note

1. Entitats municipals descentralitzades are governed by the Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya (8/1987 de 15 d'abril de 1987). They correspond to entidades locales menores in the rest of Spain (known as entitats locals menors in the Valencian Community
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    and the Balearic Islands
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   ).

External links

• Official website
• Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya
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• Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya
  Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya
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