Ponts is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 and a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the comarca

Comarques of Catalonia

This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...

 of the Noguera

Noguera (comarca)

Noguera is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest comarca and its area represents some 5,56% of Catalonia. Noguera is part of the historical county of Urgell and currently belongs to the Lleida province. Its capital is Balaguer....

 in Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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. It is situated on the left bank of the Segre river

Segre River

The Segre is a river tributary to the Ebro with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra and Spain....

 near its confluence with the Llobregós river and at the point where the routes from Calaf

Calaf

Calaf is the main town in the northern portion of the comarca of the Anoia inCatalonia, Spain, situated on the Calaf Plain. The town holds an important an important weekly livestock market....

 (currently the C-1412 road) and Cervera

Cervera

Cervera is the capital of the comarca of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The title Compte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Felipe, Prince of Asturias....

 (currently the L-313 road) meet the route from Lleida

Lleida

Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...

 to La Seu d'Urgell

La Seu d'Urgell

La Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes...

 (currently the C-1313 road).

Economy is based on agriculture (cereals, olives, vine, potato, sunflowers) and animal husbandry (domestic sheep, pigs, birds). The industry sector comprises food processing and textiles.

Main sights

• Sant Pere de Ponts, a Romanesque
  Romanesque architecture
  Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
  
   church built in the 11th century.
• Old quarter of Ponts. With the typical portico of the Major Street.
• Rialb reservoir. This is the biggest dam in Catalonia.
• Segarra-Garrigues Canal. It is the name of an important water line that supplies part of Lleida.
• Parc La Roca del Call. It is an outdoor multi-sports complex, especially canoeing and kayaking.
• Circuit del Bosquet (also known as Circuit de Ponts). It is one of the best motocross circuits in Catalonia.
• Boncompte Museum. It is a private collection of firearms.

External links

• Official website
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya
• Statistical information - Statistical Institute of Catalonia (IDESCAT)