Coordinates: 41°25′41″N 0°35′42″E / 41.42806°N 0.59500°E / 41.42806; 0.59500

Torrebesses

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Torrebesses
Municipality
New church of Torrebesses
New church of Torrebesses
Flag of Torrebesses
Flag
Coat of arms of Torrebesses
Coat of arms
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ProvinceLleida
ComarcaSegrià
Government
 • MayorMario Urrea Marsal (2015)[1]
Area
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 • Total
27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi)
Elevation
287 m (942 ft)
Population
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Demonym(s)Torrebessí, torrebessina
Postal code
25226
Websitetorrebesses.cat

Torrebesses (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌtoreˈβeses]) is a municipality in the comarca of Segrià in Catalonia, Spain.

The name of the town comes from Catalan: Torres Bessones, meaning "Twin Towers".[3]

It has a population of . Its population has been declining since 1877 when it had 944 inhabitants.

Demography

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1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2009
855 758 631 415 n/a 300

See also

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References

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament
  • Torrebesses tourism website (in Catalan)
  • Government data pages (in Catalan)

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