Bages

Bages is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a subcomarca, Lluçanès.

Bages
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
CapitalManresa
Municipalities
Area
  Total1,092.2 km2 (421.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
  Total175,527
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
 adjusted following Moianès creation
Demonym(s) 
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityManresa

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, Moianès, and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, l'Anoia and el Solsonès.

In May 2015, Bages lost five municipalities - Calders, L'Estany, Moià, Monistrol de Calders, Santa Maria d'Oló - to the new comarca of Moianès.[1]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(2014)[2]
Area
km2[2]
Aguilar de Segarra25143.3
Artés5,66117.9
Avinyó2,27563.2
Balsareny3,34336.9
Callús1,98512.5
Cardona4,92166.7
Castellbell i el Vilar3,62428.5
Castellfollit del Boix42858.9
Castellgalí2,02217.2
Castellnou de Bages1,24129.2
Fonollosa1,42951.7
Gaià16339.5
Manresa75,29741.6
Marganell29713.5
Monistrol de Montserrat2,94511.8
Mura21147.8
Navarcles6,0035.5
Navàs6,11780.6
El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort3,78027.4
Rajadell52845.5
Sallent6,78065.2
Sant Feliu Sasserra62622.4
Sant Fruitós de Bages8,24322.2
Sant Joan de Vilatorrada10,73316.4
Sant Mateu de Bages644102.9
Sant Salvador de Guardiola3,13037.2
Sant Vicenç de Castellet9,32617.1
Santpedor7,38416.6
Súria5,99923.6
Talamanca14129.4
Total: 30175,5271,092.2

References

  1. "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.
  2. "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

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