Bages
For other uses, see Bages (disambiguation).
| Bages | |
|---|---|
| Comarca | |
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| Country |
 Spain |
| Autonomous community |
 Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Capital | Manresa |
| Municipalities |
List
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| Area | |
| • Total | 1,295.2 km2 (500.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 184,642 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Largest municipality | Manresa |
Bages is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes two subcomarques, el Moianès and el Lluçanès.
Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener. Agriculture includes vineyards, cereals, and olive groves.
To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Osona, Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, l'Anoia and el Solsonès.
On 24 May 2015, Bages will lose five municipalities - Calders, L'Estany, Moià, Monistrol de Calders, Santa Maria d'Oló - to the new comarca of Moianès.[1]
Municipalities
- Aguilar de Segarra - pop. 224
- Artés - pop. 4696
- Avinyó - pop. 2049
- Balsareny - pop. 3256
- Calders - pop. 781
- Callús - pop. 1417
- Cardona - pop. 5312
- Castellbell i el Vilar - pop. 3080
- Castellfollit del Boix - pop. 389
- Castellgalí - pop. 1066
- Castellnou de Bages - pop. 670
- L'Estany - pop. 408
- Fonollosa - pop. 1097
- Gaià - pop. 155
- Manresa - pop. 67269
- Marganell - pop. 245
- Moià - pop. 5600
- Monistrol de Calders - pop. 623
- Monistrol de Montserrat - pop. 2559
- Mura - pop. 225
- Navarcles - pop. 5442
- Navàs - pop. 5629
- El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort - pop. 2838
- Rajadell - pop. 405
- Sallent - pop. 7101
- Sant Feliu Sasserra - pop. 649
- Sant Fruitós de Bages - pop. 6342
- Sant Joan de Vilatorrada - pop. 9688
- Sant Mateu de Bages - pop. 679
- Sant Salvador de Guardiola - pop. 2390
- Sant Vicenç de Castellet - pop. 7334
- Santa Maria d'Oló - pop. 1018
- Santpedor - pop. 5610
- Súria - pop. 6154
- Talamanca - pop. 114
References
- ↑ "El Parlament aprova la llei de creació del Moianès amb els vots en contra de Ciutadans i l'abstenció del PP" (in Catalan). La Vanguardia. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
External links
- Official comarcal web site, in Catalan
- Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya, in Catalan
- Information on Bages from the Generalitat de Catalunya (government of Catalonia), in Catalan
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