Sant Feliu Sasserra

Sant Feliu Sasserra is a municipality in the extreme north-east of the comarca of Bages, in Catalonia. It is also within the natural comarca of Lluçanès.

Sant Feliu Sasserra
Municipality
Cal Nons as seen from Les Cases Noves
Flag
Coat of arms
Map showing location within Bages
Sant Feliu Sasserra
Location in Catalonia
Sant Feliu Sasserra
Sant Feliu Sasserra (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°56′47″N 02°01′23″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBages
Government
 • MayorJoan Ramon Soler Obradors (2015)[1] (ERC)
Area
 • Total22.4 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Elevation
617 m (2,024 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total600
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Santfeliuenc, santfeliuenca, feliuenc, feliuenca
Websitewww.santfeliusasserra.cat

The municipality's name has its origins in several features of the town. It is named Sant Feliu after a primitive church erected atop a rock named the roca d'en Feliu, or "Felix's Rock". The main road through the municipality, which connected Prats de Lluçanès with Artés in Bages, followed the area's hilly natural contours along a ridge, hence Sasserra.

The municipality surrounds an exclave of Oristà.

Although the municipality lies within the natural region of Lluçanès, it voted in 2015 not to join a proposed new comarca of that name, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support.[4]

Sites of interest
The Church of Sant Feliu
  • The Casa del Consell, in the Gothic style, former seat of the sotsvegueria of Lluçanès.
  • The Church of Sant Feliu, in the Gothic style, with a Romanesque vestibule.

Demography
1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2009
559 691 672 591 641

References
The Ajuntament
  1. "Ajuntament de Sant Feliu Sasserra". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Sant Feliu Sasserra". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. I. Ballesteros (2015-07-27). "Lluçanès, però incomplet" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Retrieved 2015-07-28.

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