Lleida
city in Catalonia, Spain
Lleida, also known in Spanish as Lérida, is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It had 140,797 inhabitants as of 2022.
Lleida is one of the oldest towns in Catalonia, with recorded settlements dating back to the Bronze Age period. Until the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the area served as a settlement for an Iberian people, the Ilergetes. The town became a municipality, named Ilerda, under the reign of Augustus. It was ruled by Muslims from the 8th century until reconquered in 1149. In 1297, the University of Lleida was founded, becoming the third oldest in the Iberian Peninsula. During the following centuries, the town was damaged by several wars such as the Reapers' War in the 17th century and the Spanish Civil War in the 20th century.
“Lleida” enters the record as city in Catalonia, Spain. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lleida, city and Catalonia can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Lleida” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Lleida, city and Catalonia provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15090. VIAF identifies the subject as 137213896. The Library of Congress control number is n81033572. Authority coordinates are 41.617, 0.633. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022, 1149 and 1297.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lleida” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.