Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Municipality
View of the town

Flag
Coat of arms
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Location in Catalonia
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola (Spain)
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
Province Barcelona
Comarca Berguedà
Government
 • Mayor Agustí Elias Cunill (2015)[1] (Cerdanyola-AM)
Area[2]
 • Total 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 239
 • Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cerdanyolenc, cerdanyolenca
Website www.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. 1 2 "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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.