Santa Maria de Besora
Santa Maria de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Bellmunt range in the north of the comarca. It is linked to Sant Quirze de Besora and to Vidrà by a local road. Besora castle has an eleventh-century Romanesque church: there is also a preroman chapel at Sant Moí. Santa Maria de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.
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| Coordinates: 42°07′46″N 2°15′32″E | |
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| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Osona |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Camil Adam Vilarrasa (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 866 m (2,841 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 143 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Besorenc, besorenca |
| Website | www |
Demography
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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| 467 | 449 | 364 | 259 | 200 | 183 |
References
- "Ajuntament de Santa Maria de Besora". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- "El municipi en xifres: Santa Maria de Besora". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- 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).
External links
- Official website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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