Guimerà
Sign in to saveGuimerà () is a municipality and village in the comarca of Urgell in the province of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. The village, the only settlement in the municipality, is situated on the banks of the Corb river. The main part of the village is built up a hillside on the north bank of the river. It has a population of .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Guimerà
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Guimera Lleida Vista general.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Guimerà.svg
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- Spain Catalonia
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- Location in Catalonia
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- Country
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- 20px|Spain Spain
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- Autonomous community
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- 20px|Catalonia Catalonia
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 20px|Lleida Lleida
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- 20px|Urgell Urgell
- Settlement.seat_type
- (political)
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 555
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 25.8
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Guimerà () is a municipality and village in the comarca of Urgell in the province of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. The village, the only settlement in the municipality, is situated on the banks of the Corb river. The main part of the village is built up a hillside on the north bank of the river. It has a population of .
==History== thumb|left|A street in Guimerà, 1916 Guimerà's development originated in the push by Christian forces from the north to recover the Iberian peninsula from Islam. It is believed the village is named after a Visigothic person named something like Wigmar, who may have founded the settlement. Its big castle with a high watchtower indicates its strategic importance. Guimerà's first mention in extant records was in the year 1038, in a legal deed regarding its castle. The town grew downhill from the castle towards the river, and eventually spread to the other bank.