Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain.
It had 131,731 inhabitants as of 2009[update], including the contiguous municipalities of Raïmat and Sucs. It is the capital city of the province of the same name, as well as biggest and most populated of the region, and the 7th Catalan town in population according to the 2006 census. It's also one of the oldest towns in Catalonia (it was a settlement of the Ilergetes, an Iberian people), and it boasts the oldest university in the medieval Crown of Aragon, and the third oldest in the whole of Spain, founded in 1297.
On a local administrative level, it is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca (county). Its economy is mostly based on commerce and services, with an important agricultural factor as well. Lleida is the biggest city in the inland part of Catalonia.
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