La Pobla de Lillet

La Pobla de Lillet (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ˈpob.blə ðə liˈʎɛt]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia. It is located in the upper valley of the Llobregat river and is linked to Guardiola de Berguedà by Road B-402.

La Pobla de Lillet
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42.244°N 1.975°E / 42.244; 1.975
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Berguedà
Government
• Mayor	Vicenç Linares Clota (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area [2]
• Total	51.4 km2 (19.8 sq mi)
Elevation	843 m (2,766 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	1,101
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Demonym	Poblatà
Website	www.poblalillet.cat

The town is home to the Artigas Gardens, a park designed by Antoni Gaudí in the 1900s. Other sights include the 15th-century bridge, the Sanctuary of Falgars and remains of the late 13th-century fortress.

Transportation

Steam locomotive with 600 mm gauge of Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse in Liège (Belgium), 1901

The Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat [Wikidata] is a 600 mm gauge tourist railway that runs from the narrow gauge railway museum at La Pobla de Lillet to the cement museum at Clot del Moro.^[4]

History

• Castell de Lillet is a ruined castle. The remains are located on a large rock, near the torrent of Junyent to the left of the Arija.Built in the 9th century and re-enforced in the 14th century the castle remained active till the 15th century.^[5][6]

On September 8, 1864 La Pobla de Lillet suffered a major flood that took away a mill and two houses and in which a four-year-old boy died.^[7]

Festivals

• Easter Monday - Falgars Dance and Cinquagesma Festival
• 1st Sunday of October- Festa Major del Roser