Santa Maria de Besora

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
Coat of arms of Santa Maria de Besora
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42°07′46″N 2°15′32″E / 42.12944°N 2.25889°E / 42.12944; 2.25889Country SpainCommunity CataloniaProvinceBarcelonaComarcaOsonaGovernment
 • MayorCamil Adam Vilarrasa (2015)[1]Area • Total24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)Elevation
866 m (2,841 ft)Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total143 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)Demonym(s)Besorenc, besorencaWebsitewww.santamariabesora.cat

Santa Maria de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona[1] in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Bellmunt range in the north of the comarca. It is linked to Sant Quirze de Besora and to Vidrà by a local road. Besora castle has an eleventh-century Romanesque church: there is also a pre-roman chapel at Sant Moí. Santa Maria de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.

Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
467 449 364 259 200 183

References

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de Santa Maria de Besora". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Santa Maria de Besora". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

  • Official website Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
  • Government data pages (in Catalan)


Places adjacent to Santa Maria de Besora
Les Llosses Ripoll
Montesquiu
Santa Maria de Besora
 Vidrà
Sant Quirze de Besora Sant Pere de Torelló
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