Tremp
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| Coordinates: 42°10′N 0°54′E / 42.167°N 0.900°E / 42.167; 0.900 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Pallars Jussà |
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| • Mayor | Sílvia Romero i Galera (2023-)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 302.8 km2 (116.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 468 m (1,535 ft) |
| Population
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| • Total | 5,824 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Trempolí, trempolina |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | www |
Tremp (Catalan: [ˈtɾemp]) is a municipalityinCatalonia, Spain, the capital of the comarca of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area (303.97 km2 (117.36 sq mi)),[4] accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the comarca.
The municipality is a geographical oddity and consists of five separate territorial entities within the comarca (district) of Pallars Jussa (see image). The town of Tremp (population 5.961 as of 2023) is the second smallest of these and is situated in the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa river below Talarn and the Talarn Dam. The largest portion of the municipal territory lies to the west of the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa and stretches as far as the Noguera Ribagorçana river. A third portion is an exclave of the comarca within the municipality of el Pont de Suert in the Alta Ribagorça. In the east the villages of Palau de Noguera, Suterranya and Vilamitjana form the fourth entity, while the fifth and smallest portion (of only 1,59 km2) is formed by the village of Puigcercós, south of Tremp.
The town is served by the C-13 road which runs along the valley of the Noguera Pallaresa.
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 | 2012 | 2018 | 2022 |
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| 4896 | 6454 | 6396 | 5785 | 5727 | 6022 | 6515 | 5824 | 5847 |
The municipality of Tremp includes twenty-eight outlying settlements: populations are given as of 2005.
-Les Serretes. It is a place in Vilamitjana municipality known by the finding of an important paleontological site. In this site there have found dinosaur remains that belongs to the Second biggest hadrosaur found in Spain, and the biggest of Catalonia. Also there have been found two carnívor dinosaur tooth that belongs to two new dinosaur species morphotypes.[5][6]
Picture of the dentary from les Serretes. Nowadays exposed on the Museum of Isona.
Places adjacent to Tremp
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