El Poal
Municipality
Cal Castell, in El Poal
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°40′51″N 0°51′26″E / 41.68083°N 0.85722°E / 41.68083; 0.85722
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Catalonia
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Pla d'Urgell
Government
• Mayor	Rafel Panadés Farré (2015)[1] (CiU)
Area [2]
• Total	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	626
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Website	poal.ddl.net

El Poal (Catalan pronunciation: [el poˈal]) is a village of Pla d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain.

El Poal is approximately located five miles south from Mollerussa, capital of the region, specifically along the shore of the Urgell Canal. El Poal borders on Linyola to the north, Palau d’Anglesola to the south, Vila-sana to the east and Bellvís to the west.

• Altitude: 215 metres
• Surface: 9 square km
• Population: 660 inhabitants

Throughout this fertile plain irrigated crops such as fodder, maize, cereals and fruit trees are cultivated. The economy of the village is complemented by stockbreeding. Minor occupation is focused on industry and services.

• Annual Town Celebration and Sona El Poal Festival (electronic nights with video projections along the town): 24 August
• Carnival 2006: 24th and 25 February (big fire organized by the youth, popular dinner and traditional dances)
• Annual Celebration of El Roser: 2nd weekend of May
• Annual Celebration of Joan Baptista: 3rd weekend of August
• National Day of Catalonia: 11 September (popular sardine dinner with habaneras party in the swimming-pool)

• El Poal webpage
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

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