Alins

Alins is a municipality in the comarca of the Pallars Sobirà in Catalonia, Spain. It adjoins France and Andorra. It covers the valleys of the Noguera de Vallferrara and Tor rivers in the north of the comarca. The Pica d'Estats (3142 m, the highest point in Catalonia) is part of the Montcalm Massif on the frontier between this municipality and Ariège, France. A local road links the municipality with the L-504 road.DemographyThe municipality of Alins is formed of seven villages. Those marked with an asterisk are "delocalised municipal entities" (entitats municipals descentralitzades) and have their own local councils with limited powers. Populations are given as of 2005: Ainet de Besan (35)*Alins (58)Araós (29)*Àreu (84)*Besan (5)Norís (12)Tor (25), linked with Andorra by a forest trackNote Entitats municipals descentralitzades are governed by the Llei Municipal i de Règim Local de Catalunya . They correspond to entidades locales menores in the rest of Spain .