Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

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Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Municipality
View of the town
View of the town
Flag of Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Flag
Coat of arms of Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Coat of arms
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola is located in Province of Barcelona
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389Coordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBerguedà
Government
 • MayorAgustí Elias Cunill (2015)[1] (Cerdanyola-AM)
Area
[2]
 • 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, cerdanyolenca
Websitewww.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 Catalunya in the center of town.

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.

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