Sant Quirze de Besora
Encyclopedia
Sant Quirze de Besora is a municipality
in the comarca
of Osona
in Catalonia
, Spain
. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river
in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona
and Puigcerdà
, served by the C-17 road and a station on the RENFE
railway line. It is also linked to Prats de Lluçanès
and the Berguedà
by the C-149 road. There is a tradition of textile
manufacture in the town, as well as a distillery and a hydroelectric power station.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of Osona
Osona (comarca)
Osona is a comarca situated in central Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Vic. Its population is 129,543. Osona covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan county of Osona. The name Osona comes from Ausetans, a group of Iberian people that had their capital in Ausa ; the Romans called the...
in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river
Ter River
The Ter is a river in Catalonia that rises in Ulldeter at an approximate altitude of 2400 meters, at the foot of a glacial cirque delimited by the nearby peaks of el Bastiments, el Gra de Fajol, or el Pic de la Dona...
in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Puigcerdà
Puigcerdà
Puigcerdà is the capital of the Catalan comarca of Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the river Segre and the border with France .- History :...
, served by the C-17 road and a station on the RENFE
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
railway line. It is also linked to Prats de Lluçanès
Prats de Lluçanès
Prats de Lluçanès is a municipality in the comarca of Osona inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated in the west of the comarca, on a plain between the Lluçanès and Merlès rivers,and is served by the C-154 road between Vic and Gironella.- Demography :...
and the Berguedà
Berguedà
Berguedà is a comarca in the interior of Catalonia, Spain, lying partly in the Pyrenees and partly in Catalonia's Depressió Central.-Geography:...
by the C-149 road. There is a tradition of textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
manufacture in the town, as well as a distillery and a hydroelectric power station.
Demography
Note
- Sant Quirze de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the RipollèsRipollèsRipollès is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Ribes and Camprodon river valleys. , its population is 25,744, about 40% of whom live in the capital, Ripoll....
.