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Serra Llarga-Secans de la Noguera Protected Natural Area

Nature area / Countryside / Open space, Natura 2000 network, Natura 2000 Network: Special Protection Area (SPA)
This area is an excellent example of continental Mediterranean gypsum scrub communities in the Ebro valley. There are many interesting places in the area, such as the abandoned village of La Figuera, Algerri castle, several hermitages, and wine cellars dug out in gypsum (Els Trullets), among others.

Serra Llarga - Secans de la Noguera is an area with unique characteristics, which is located in the heart of the Catalan Central Depression where it borders with the Pyrenean foothills. This area is an excellent example of continental Mediterranean gypsicolous communities in the Ebro Valley. Most of the area is taken up by extensive cereal farming and several endangered species are monitored here, such as the lesser kestrel, the black-bellied sandgrouse and the little bustard.

The abandoned village of La Figuera, together with the remains of a castle, as well as the castle in Algerri, several hermitages and wine cellars dug out of gypsum (Els Trullets), are some of the interesting historical elements in the area.

There are also routes for hiking and mountain biking.

  • Year of declaration: 1992
  • Regulations: Decree 328/1992, of 14 December.
  • Area: 8928
  • Ownership: Public
  • District: Algerri; Castelló de Farfanya; Balaguer; Os de Balaguer; Ivars de Noguera; Camarasa; Menàrguens; Avellanes i Santa Linya, les.
  • Visitor centres: N
  • Annual closing: Open all year round.
  • How to get there: Leave Algerri towards the north via Carrer Barranc and head upwards towards the village of La Figuera.
  • Languages: Catalan, Spanish

Facilities

Castle

Chapel

Flora

Among the gypsum-rich outcrops of the Llarga mountain range we can find the best examples of gypsicolous vegetation in the country. The superior and inferior flora forming these plant communities is extraordinarily unique, with an Iberian Mediterranean predominance and some very rare, endemic species.

Fauna

In this area, some endangered species like the lesser kestrel, the black-bellied sandgrouse and the little bustard are monitored. It’s also worth pointing out the presence of the wildcat (Felis sylvestris), bearing in mind that this is the only area in Catalonia where this species occupies a habitat with these characteristics.

Routes

Bird-watching tourism

WHAT IS AROUND HERE?
Serra Llarga-Secans de la Noguera Protected Natural Area

  • Serra Llarga-Secans de la Noguera Protected Natural Area

  • Address:Square Major, 1

  • 25130 Algerri

  • Lleida / Terres de Lleida

  • Serra Llarga-Secans de la Noguera Protected Natural Area

  • Serra Llarga-Secans de la Noguera Protected Natural Area

  • Address: Square Major, 1

  • 25130 Algerri

  • Lleida / Terres de Lleida

  • Telephone:973 426 013

  • Fax:973 426 187

  • E-mail:ajuntament@algerri.ddl.net

  • Web:http://mediambient.gencat.cat/ca/05_ambits_dactuacio/patrimoni_natural/senp_catalunya/espais_sistema/lleida/sll/situacio-i-dades-basiques/

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