Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
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| Sant Julià de Cerdanyola | |||
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 Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
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| Coordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°ECoordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E | |||
| Country |  Spain |
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| Community |  Catalonia |
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| Province | Barcelona | ||
| Comarca | Berguedà | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Joan Solé i Solano | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.61 km2 (4.48 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 257 | ||
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Cerdanyolenc, cerdanyolenca | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola is a town and municipality in the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia.
Geography [edit]
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 [edit]
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 of town to Plaça Catalunya in the center of town.
External links [edit]
- (Catalan)Town website
- (Catalan)Information from the Catalan Government
- (Catalan)Information from the Catalan Statistics Institute
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