Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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42°13′32″N 1°53′38″E / 42.22556°N 1.89389°E / 42.22556; 1.89389
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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 town to Plaça de l'església in the center of the village.
References
- ^ "Ajuntament de Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Sant Julià de Cerdanyola". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Town website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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Municipalities of Berguedà
- Avià
- Bagà
- Berga
- Borredà
- Capolat
- Casserres
- Castell de l'Areny
- Castellar de n'Hug
- Castellar del Riu
- Cercs
- L'Espunyola
- Fígols
- Gironella
- Gisclareny
- Guardiola de Berguedà
- Gósol
- Montclar
- Montmajor
- La Nou de Berguedà
- Olvan
- La Pobla de Lillet
- Puig-reig
- La Quar
- Sagàs
- Saldes
- Sant Jaume de Frontanyà
- Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
- Santa Maria de Merlès
- Vallcebre
- Vilada
- Viver i Serrateix