Marganell

Marganell parish
Marganell - Sant Esteve and Montserrat Church
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Bages
Coordinates	41 ° 38 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 38 ′  N , 1 ° 47 ′  E
Height :	291  msnm
Area :	13.26 km²
Residents :	266 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	20.06 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	08298
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08242
administration
Website :	www.marganell.net

Marganell is a place and a municipality ( municipi ) with 266 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Comarca Bages in the province of Barcelona in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia .

geography

location

The place Marganell is at an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. d. M. on the edge of Montserrat in the cultural and wine landscape Pla de Bages . The cities of Barcelona and Manresa are about 63 kilometers (driving distance) southeast and about 14 kilometers north.

Community structure

The localities of El Casot, La Colònia Puig, Pla de Roldors and Santa Cecilia belong to the municipality .

history

There are no prehistoric , ancient , Visigoth or Islamic traces in the remote and rugged municipal area. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the almost deserted region was recaptured ( reconquista ) from the hands of Islam by the Counts of Barcelona , repopulated ( repoblación ) and secured with castles ( castells ) and churches ( esglésies or ermitas ).

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1990	2000	2011
Residents	268	241	261	211	233	314

Since the middle of the 19th century, the population of the municipality has remained more or less constant.

economy

In the past, the inhabitants lived mainly as a self-sufficiency from agriculture , which also included the cultivation of wine and the keeping of cattle (especially sheep and goats); the milk of the animals was usually mixed and processed into a raw milk cheese , the mató , which could be exchanged or sold in the markets of the region. As early as the end of the Middle Ages, Marganell also functioned as a craft and mercantile center for the villages and individual farms ( masies ) in the area. Since the 1960s tourism has also played a not insignificant role in the municipality's income.

Attractions

Sant Jaume church

• Today's parish church comes from the 16th or 17th century, despite its simple architecture.
• The roof of the former 13th century parish church of Sant Esteve has long since collapsed. The bell tower ( campanar ) standing next to it was added later.
• The former monastery church of Santa Cecília , a three-aisled Romanesque building from the 11th century, is located on the territory of the municipality .
• The former church of Sant Jaume, already mentioned in a document in 924, is located on the site of the destroyed Castellbell Castle . The exterior - with the exception of a cross-shaped window and a simple bell gable ( espadanya ) above the west portal - unadorned single-nave building probably served as a castle chapel .
• The Sant Benet de Montserrat monastery with its high, free-standing bell tower is a new building from the 20th century.

Web links

Commons : Marganell  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Marganell, Church of Sant Jaume - Photos + Info (Catalan)
• Marganell, Sant Jaume - Photo from the east

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).