Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola is a town and municipality in the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia.
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  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 | |
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| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Berguedà |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Agustí Elias Cunill (2015)[1] (Cerdanyola-AM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 244 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cerdanyolenc, cerdanyolenca |
| Website | www |
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
- "Ajuntament de Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- "El municipi en xifres: Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Town website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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