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La Seu d'Urgell (, ; (スペイン語:Seo de Urgel), formerly in (カタルーニャ語、バレンシア語:Urgell)〔(L'Enciclopèdia Catalana (''The Encyclopedia'') ), la Seu d'Urgell. 〕) is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes. It is in the district of Alt Pirineu i Aran (''High Pyrenees and Aran''), and is the town with the most inhabitants, having 17.4% of the district population. La Seu d'Urgell and Puigcerdà together have 30% of the population of the area.〔 〕 It is located at the confluence of the Segre and the Valira rivers.〔(GGCC, la Seu d'Urgell: ) Urban morphology. 〕 The city is in the local region of Urgellet,〔(L'Enciclopèdia Catalana (''The Encyclopedia'') ), Urgellet. 〕 a Pyrenean region formed by 16 municipalities of Alt Urgell. Urgellet and Andorra were the originary County of Urgell with capital in la Seu d'Urgell before the county expansion to the south.〔 Alt Urgell is the gateway to the state of Andorra and the proximity to this important population center and economic activity is largely one of the reasons for the current drive of the city of la Seu d'Urgell within Alt Pirineu i Aran.〔 〕 The town's patron saints are Saint Ot of Urgell,〔(Diocesan Museum of Urgell ) the work of Sant Ot. 〕 Saint Sebastian, and the Virgin of Urgell.〔(L'Enciclopèdia Catalana (''The Encyclopedia'') ), Cathedral of Urgell. 〕 While the Virgin of Núria and Sant Ermengol〔(Diocesan Museum of Urgell ) the work of Saint Ermengol. 〕 are the main patrons of the diocese of Urgell. Sant Ermengol is the most prominent in the city than other patrons. Probably that's why there are various events throughout the year dedicated to Sant Ermengol, such as the Sant Ermengol Fair, one of the oldest in Catalonia,〔 and the altarpiece of Sant Ermengol. The Parc Olímpic del Segre, built in 1992 for the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games, is a pump-driven canoe and kayak sports venue located adjacent to the historical centre of la Seu d'Urgell. ==Name origins== The name ''la Seu d'Urgell'', in Latin ''Sedes Urgelli'', is formed by two different words: ''Seu'' from the Latin "Sedes", or seat, and ''Urgell'' a pre-Roman name. Joan Coromines, a linguist, interprets that the name is related to the presence of water.〔(GGCC, Urgell: ) The origin of the name. 〕 The Iberian settlement of Arse-durgui (or Arse d'Urgui) was on the hill of Castellciutat. At that time the hill was called ''Puiolo Urgelli''. Where there was the village of Arse-durgui they built the city of Urgell (in Latin ''civitas Orgellia'' and in Catalan ''ciutat d'Urgell'') and here lies the origin of the name Castellciutat. Until the eighteenth century the town was known simply as "Ciutat" (City in English) and ''Castell'' (Castle) was added because the existence of an ancient castle that was home of the Counts of Urgell. Shortly after the destruction of the former Orgellia it was created a new neighborhood, new home of the Diocese of Urgell, called ''vicus Sedes Urgelli'' denotes that the town is the episcopal see of the Bishop of Urgell. Over time, ''Sedes Urgelli'' took importance and lost the word ''vicus'' (denotes that it was a district) while ''civitas Orgellia'' lost the word ''Orgellia'' and becomes simply ''Civitas'' until the 18th century.〔(GGCC, la Seu d'Urgell: ) Origins. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Seu d'Urgell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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