Bages
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| Province | Barcelona | ||
| Capital | Manresa | ||
| Largest city | Manresa | ||
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| Population | 155,112 (2001) | ||
| Area | 1295.2 km2 | ||
| Population density |
119.8 per km2 | ||
| Municipalities | 35 | ||
The comarca (county) of Bages lies in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes two subcomarques, el Moianès and el Lluçanès.
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, Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, l'Anoia and el Solsonès.
[edit] Municipalities
- Aguilar de Segarra - pop. 224
- Artés - pop. 4696
- Avinyó - pop. 2049
- Balsareny - pop. 3256
- Calders - pop. 781
- Callús - pop. 1417
- Cardona - pop. 5312
- Castellbell i el Vilar - pop. 3080
- Castellfollit del Boix - pop. 389
- Castellgalí - pop. 1066
- Castellnou de Bages - pop. 670
- L'Estany - pop. 408
- Fonollosa - pop. 1097
- Gaià - pop. 155
- Manresa - pop. 67269
- Marganell - pop. 245
- Moià - pop. 4647
- Monistrol de Calders - pop. 623
- Monistrol de Montserrat - pop. 2559
- Mura - pop. 225
- Navarcles - pop. 5442
- Navàs - pop. 5629
- El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort - pop. 2838
- Rajadell - pop. 405
- Sallent - pop. 7101
- Sant Feliu Sasserra - pop. 649
- Sant Fruitós de Bages - pop. 6342
- Sant Joan de Vilatorrada - pop. 9688
- Sant Mateu de Bages - pop. 679
- Sant Salvador de Guardiola - pop. 2390
- Sant Vicenç de Castellet - pop. 7334
- Santa Maria d'Oló - pop. 1018
- Santpedor - pop. 5610
- Súria - pop. 6154
- Talamanca - pop. 114
[edit] External links
- Official comarcal web site, in Catalan
- Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya, in Catalan
- Information on Bages from the Generalitat de Catalunya (government of Catalonia), in Catalan
| edit | Comarques of Catalonia |  |
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Alt Camp | Alt Empordà | Alt Penedès | Alt Urgell | Alta Ribagorça | Anoia | Bages | Baix Camp | Baix Ebre | Baix Empordà | Baix Llobregat | Baix Penedès | Barcelonès | Berguedà | Cerdanya | Conca de Barberà | Garraf | Garrigues | Garrotxa | Gironès | Maresme | Montsià | Noguera | Osona | Pallars Jussà | Pallars Sobirà | Pla de l'Estany | Pla d'Urgell | Priorat | Ribera d'Ebre | Ripollès | Segarra | Segrià | Selva | Solsonès | Tarragonès | Terra Alta | Urgell | Val d'Aran | Vallès Occidental | Vallès Oriental |
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| Historical Comarques | ||
| Northern Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya | Capcir | Conflent | Rosselló | Vallespir | ||
