Lérida (Provincia)

"Lérida (en catalán y oficialmente, Lleida; en occitano, Lhèida) es una provincia española, situada en la parte oeste de Cataluña. Limita con las provincias de Gerona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza y Huesca, y con Francia (con los departamentos de Ariège y Alto Garona) y Andorra. La provincia está compuesta por 231 municipios. En esta provincia se encuentra el Valle de Arán, zona de montaña con idioma propio, el aranés. El Parque Nacional de Aigüestortes y Lago de San Mauricio, la catedral antigua de Lérida o la Seu Vella, el Real Monasterio de Santa María de Vallbona, el Museo de Juguetes y Autómatas de Verdú y el Monasterio de Bellpuig de las Avellanas se encuentran en esta provincia."

"The Province of Lleida (Catalan pronunciation: [jð], locally: [ejð]; Spanish: Lérida; Occitan: Lhèida) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of France and Andorra. It is often popularly referred to as Ponent (i.e. the West). It is the only province within Catalonia that is landlocked. Of the population of 414,015 (2007), about 30% live in the capital, Lleida. Some other towns in Lleida province are La Seu d'Urgell (see of the archbishop, who is also the co-prince to Andorra), Mollerussa, Cervera, Tàrrega, Balaguer. There are 231 municipalities in Lleida. (See List of municipalities in Lleida). Located in the Pyrenees, the Aran Valley is a special comarca with greater autonomy and with Aranese, a variety of Occitan, as its official language. The Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park is located in this province. The province enjoys a thriving fruit-growing industry, including pears and peaches. According to the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, the provinces of Catalonia are due to be superseded by territorial units (unitats territorials) or vegeries based on a more historical political division, and the Province of Lleida would become two territorial units: Ponent or Terres de Lleida Vegueria (the entire southern area) and Alt Pirineu i Aran Vegueria (the entire northern part plus the comarca of Cerdanya, part of which is currently in the Province of Girona), the county of Solsona going to the Comarques Centrals (Central Counties) Vegueria. The plan is on hold for the time being (2015)."