Sant Feliu Sasserra (Old Catalan for 'Saint Felix the-Mountain-Range'; Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsaɱ fəˈliw səˈsɛrə]) is a municipality in the extreme north-east of the comarca of Bages, in Catalonia. It is also within the natural comarca of Lluçanès.
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  Sant Feliu Sasserra Location in Catalonia  Sant Feliu Sasserra Sant Feliu Sasserra (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 41°56′47″N 02°01′23″E / 41.94639°N 2.02306°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Bages |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joan Ramon Soler Obradors (2015)[1] (ERC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.4 km2 (8.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 617 m (2,024 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 600 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Santfeliuenc, santfeliuenca, feliuenc, feliuenca |
| Website | www |
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] In 2023 it briefly became incorporated into the new Lluçanès comarca,[5][6] before the municipality voted to reunite with Bages.[7]
Sites of interest
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- 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
edit| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2009 |
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| 559 | 691 | 672 | 591 | 641 |
References
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- ^ "Ajuntament de Sant Feliu Sasserra". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Sant Feliu Sasserra". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ I. Ballesteros (2015-07-27). "Lluçanès, però incomplet" (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Parliament definitively approves creation of newly created Lluçanès county". Catalan News. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "LLEI 7/2023, del 10 de maig, de creació de la comarca del Lluçanès" (in Catalan). Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Sant Feliu Sasserra torna al Bages, després de ser només 8 setmanes al Lluçanès" (in Catalan). Notícies 324. 2023-06-29. Archived from the original on 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
External links
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Media related to Sant Feliu Sasserra at Wikimedia Commons
- Town website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)