Olesa de Montserrat

Olesa de Montserrat
Municipality
Olesa with Sant Salvador de les Espases in background

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Olesa de Montserrat
Location in Catalonia
Olesa de Montserrat
Olesa de Montserrat (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°32′42″N 1°53′40″E / 41.54500°N 1.89444°E / 41.54500; 1.89444
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Baix Llobregat
Government
 • Mayor Maria del Pilar Puimedon Monclús (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation 124 m (407 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 23,543
 • Density 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Website www.olesamontserrat.cat

Olesa de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia, Spain.

Olesa de Montserrat is well known around the nearby places because of its olive oil and textile production, but especially because of its world-famous Passion play (La Passió d'Olesa), first documented in 1538. It achieved a world record in 1996, with 726 persons acting onstage at the same time.

Main sights

  • Torre del Relotge
  • Monastery of Sant Pere Sacama
  • Rural chapel of Sant Salvador de les Espases

Twin towns

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament d'Olesa de Montserrat". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Olesa de Montserrat". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  • 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).



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