Queralbs

Queralbs
Municipality

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Queralbs

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°21′02″N 2°09′47″E / 42.35056°N 2.16306°ECoordinates: 42°21′02″N 2°09′47″E / 42.35056°N 2.16306°E
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Ripollès
Government
 • Mayor Manel Foz i Crespí
Area
 • Total 93.47 km2 (36.09 sq mi)
Elevation 1,236 m (4,055 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 197
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
Demonym Queralbí, queralbina
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Queralbs (Catalan pronunciation: [kəˈɾaɫps]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees to the north of Ribes de Freser, with the peaks of Puigmal (2909 m), Infern (2896 m) and Noufonts (2864 m). Tourism and hydroelectric generation are the bases of the local economy. The shrine of Núria is situated in the municipality, to the north of the village: it houses a romanesque marial image of la Mare de Déu de Núria. The shrine is reached by a rack railway from Ribes de Freser, which also serves the village. There is also a local road to Ribes de Freser (7 km, 4 miles), which serves the ski resort.

Portico of the Romanesque Church in Queralbs

The first historical mention of Queralbs is in the consecration act of the church of the Urgell Diocese in 836—thus the town's motto, poble mil·lenari (millennial town)--and its Romanesque church, dedicated to Saint James, dates to the late tenth century.

Earthquakes

Queralbs is located to the north-west of the active Amer-Brugent fault system.[1] Queralbs was entirely destroyed in the Catalan earthquake of 1428 whose epicentre was in nearby Camprodon.[2]

Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2005
611 496 502 263 200 202

Notable people

For many years, Queralbs was the vacation home for the former president of the Generalitat, Jordi Pujol i Soley.

Town hall of Queralbs

See also

References

  1. ↑ Olivera C, Redondo E, Riera A, Lambert J and Roca A (1999). "Problems in assessing focal parameters to earthquake sequences from historical investigation: the 1427 earthquakes in Catalonia". Proceedings I Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica (CD-ROM). Symposium Ibero Maghrebian historical and instrumental seismicity. SIM2-7. pp. 1–8.
  2. ↑ Banda E. et A. M. Correig (1984). The catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428. Engineering Geology, 20, pp 89-97.

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