Puigcerdà

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Puigcerdà is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Baixa Cerdanya, in the Girona (province, in Catalonia, Spain, located at 1,202 metres above the sea, by the river Segre, right by the border with France. Population 6,356 (1996).

It was founded in 1177 by King Alfonso I of Aragon, Count of Barcelona. In 1178 it replaced Hix as the capital of Cerdanya. Hix is now a village in the commune of Bourg-Madame, in the French part of Cerdagne.

[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ]	Municipalities of the comarca of Cerdanya
Alp \| Bellver de Cerdanya \| Bolvir \| Das \| Fontanals de Cerdanya \| Ger \| Guils de Cerdanya \| Isòvol \| Lles de Cerdanya \| Llívia \| Meranges \| Montellà i Martinet \| Prats i Sansor \| Prullans \| Puigcerdà \| Riu de Cerdanya \| Urús

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