Fígols (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈfiɣuls]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated to the north of Cercs, in the mountains above the Llobregat valley. Deposits of lignite are extracted commercially.
Fígols | |
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  Fígols Location in Catalonia  Fígols Fígols (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 42°11′2″N 1°50′24″E / 42.18389°N 1.84000°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Berguedà |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Garcia Diaz (2015)[1] (CiU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.3 km2 (11.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,154 m (3,786 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 42 |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Figolenc, figolenca |
| Website | figols |
Nearby is the Cercs Mine Museum.
The guerrilla leader Ramon Vila Capdevila - last of the Spanish Maquis, who held out from the end of the Spanish Civil War until being killed in 1963 - is buried in Fígols. On 15 July 2000, a plaque was placed at the burial site of Vila which reads
Here lie the remains of Ramon Vila Capdevila. Militant of the CNT and the last of the Catalan anarchist maquis, he was involved in the proclamation of libertarian communism (1932), the civil war (1936-39), and the French Resistance (1939-45) and, for a further 18 years, the fight against Francoism. In memory of him and of all who gave their lives for freedom and the anarchist ideal
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Demography
edit| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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| 219 | 324 | 314 | 66 | 38 | 49 |
References
edit- ^ "Ajuntament de Fígols". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Fígols". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Christie 2003, p. 18
- ^ Téllez 1998, p. 119
Works cited
edit- Christie, Stuart (2003). General Franco made me a "Terrorist": The Christie File: Part 2, 1964-1967. Christie Books. ISBN 1-873976-19-4.
- Téllez, Antonio (1998). Sabaté: Guerrilla Extraordinary. ISBN 1-902593-10-3.
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
External links
edit- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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