Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Municipality

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Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Sant Julià de Cerdanyola

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389Coordinates: 42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Berguedà
Government
  Mayor Agustí Elias Cunill (2015)[1] (Cerdanyola-AM)
Area[2]
  Total 11.8 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 239
  Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cerdanyolenc, cerdanyolenca
Website www.santjuliadecerdanyola.cat

Sant Julià de Cerdanyola is a town and municipality in the comarca of Berguedà, in Catalonia.

Geography

The town is located in a high hollow in the Pyrenees of Berguedà, at 1000 meters above sea level. The main access road to the town is a steep, winding highway coming from the town of Guardiola de Berguedà, in the Valley of the Llobregat below.

Celebrations

The town festival is celebrated on 5 December. On Christmas Eve, the inhabitants of the town also celebrate the Fia-faia, a pre-Christian commemoration of the solstice where bundles of Cephalaria leucanta, called faies, are brought from a bonfire outside of town to Plaça Catalunya in the center of town.

References

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