La Seu d'Urgell Demands Cerdanya Be Included in the Alt Pirineu Emergency Region

The city council unanimously approves a motion to prevent the county from depending on the Manresa emergency region.

Empty plenary hall of a mountain town hall with wooden tables and aligned chairs.
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Empty plenary hall of a mountain town hall with wooden tables and aligned chairs.

The Seu d'Urgell City Council unanimously approved this Monday a demand to the Department of Interior for Cerdanya to be included in the future Alt Pirineu Emergency Region.

All municipal groups signed a joint declaration following the Generalitat de Catalunya decree regulating the emergency system's structure. The goal is to prevent Cerdanya from being linked to the Manresa region, which would break the territorial unity of the area.

"Emergency management must be done from proximity; it makes no sense for Cerdanya to go with Manresa."

Jordi Fàbrega · Spokesperson for Junts per la Seu
The institutional declaration, read by Mayor Joan Barrera, calls for compliance with the 2010 Vegueries Law. The text argues that Alt Pirineu is a coherent territorial unit with specific needs due to its complex geography and population dispersal.

"It is already starting flawed because it is the Pirineu Emergency Region and they intended to leave the Girona part out."

Francesc Viaplana · Spokesperson for Esquerra Republicana
Finally, the council emphasized that any model fragmenting the region would worsen response times and jeopardize service quality. The motion defends that safety in Alt Pirineu is a matter of territorial equity and national cohesion.