Pardinyes

It is a 1920s to mid-20th century urban development grown out of new architecture built on former agricultural land between Balàfia and the River Segre.

The latter neighbourhood was initially populated by railway workers[1] and later industrial workers, until in 1979 the freight train station was reconverted into public facilities and industry moved to other areas of the town.

[2] With some 12,000 inhabitants, it still retains a good deal of its village-ish aspect, specially at the right side of Rambla de Pardinyes.

[2] The city's biggest park, La Mitjana, is part of Pardinyes.

In 2010 the former peasants' market by the river, which had been closed and abandoned for years, was replaced by a theatre and convention centre called La Llotja de Lleida.