Olesa de Montserrat

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Olesa de Montserrat municipality
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Olesa de Montserrat (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona
Comarca : Baix Llobregat
Coordinates 41 ° 33 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 33 '  N , 1 ° 53'  E
Height : 124  msnm
Area : 16.63 km²
Residents : 23,904 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1,437.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 08147
administration
Official language : Castilian , Catalan
Mayor : Jaume Monné
Website : www.olesam.cat

Olesa de Montserrat is a Catalan city in the comarca of Baix Llobregat (province of Barcelona). On January 1, 2019, 23,904 people lived here on an area of ​​16.75  km² .

Olesa is known for the local textile industry and the production of olive oil , but especially for the annual Passion Festival of the Olesa de Montserrat, which was first mentioned in  1540 . During Holy Week, the last days of the life of Jesus Christ are represented here. This Passion Festival earned Olesa an entry in the Guinness Book of Records in 1996 , when 726 people were on stage at the same time.

Twin cities

Web links

Commons : Olesa de Montserrat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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).