Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389Country SpainCommunity CataloniaProvinceBarcelonaComarcaBerguedàGovernment
 • MayorAgustí Elias Cunill (2015)[1] (Cerdanyola-AM)Area • Total11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)Elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total244 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)Demonym(s)Cerdanyolenc, cerdanyolencaWebsitewww.santjuliadecerdanyola.cat

Sant Julià de Cerdanyola is a town and municipality in the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia.

Geography

The town is located in a high hollow in the Pyrenees of Berguedà, at 1000 meters above sea level. The main access road to the town is a steep, winding highway coming from the town of Guardiola de Berguedà, in the Valley of the Llobregat below.

Celebrations

The town festival is celebrated on 5 December. On Christmas Eve, the inhabitants of the town also celebrate the Fia-Faia, a pre-Christian commemoration of the solstice where bundles of Cephalaria leucanta, called faies, are brought from a bonfire outside town to Plaça de l'església in the center of the village.

References

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

  • Town website (in Catalan)
  • Government data pages (in Catalan)
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