Sant Fruitós de Bages

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Municipality of Sant Fruitós de Bages
Sant Benet de Bages monastery
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : CataloniaCatalonia Catalonia
Province : Barcelona
Comarca : Bages
Coordinates 41 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  E
Height : 247  msnm
Area : 21.94 km²
Residents : 8,703 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 396.67 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 08272
Municipality number  ( INE ): 08213
administration
Website : www.santfruitos.org

Sant Fruitós de Bages is a place and a municipality ( municipi ) with 8703 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the comarca of Bages in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous region of Catalonia . The municipality also includes the villages of Les Brucardes, Pineda de Bages, La Rosaleda, Sant Iscle de Bages, Torroella de Baix and the few permanent residents of the monastery of Sant Benet des Bages .

location

The town of Sant Fruitós de Bages is located in the middle of the very fertile Pla de Bages plain, which is almost completely enclosed by mountains, at an altitude of about 250 meters above sea level. d. M. and about 68 kilometers (driving distance) northwest of Barcelona or almost seven kilometers northeast of Manresa . The Riu Llobregat flows past the place about a kilometer east.

Population development

year 1960 1970 1981 1990 2000 2010
Residents 2,196 2,827 3,752 4,847 5,542 8,184

In the middle of the 19th century the community had just under 1,000 inhabitants. Due to the proximity to the city of Manresa, a continuous population growth has been recorded, which was not interrupted by the phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture .

economy

In the past, the inhabitants lived mainly as a self-sufficient living from agriculture , which also included growing wine and keeping cattle. In the 19th century, the region developed into an important wine-growing area, but after the phylloxera crisis, agriculture is now predominantly again practiced. Viticulture, however, plays an important role again - San Fruitós de Bages is one of a total of 26 municipalities that are allowed to market their wine under the Pla de Bages denomination .

history

One dedicated to St. Fructuosus , a bishop from Taraco or Tarragona , is first mentioned in the 10th century as the reconquest ( reconquista ) and repopulation ( repoblación ) of the area under Borrell of Osona and Wilfried I of Barcelona, ​​which was almost depopulated after the arrival of Islam was already completed.

Attractions

  • Despite its long history, the town of San Fruitós itself - with the exception of two old town streets - has hardly any sights. The parish church of Sant Fruitós is of Romanesque origin, but it was almost completely renovated in the 17th century.
  • The small Romanesque chapel of Sant Jaume d'Olzinelles is just under two kilometers outside and impresses with its solid but otherwise completely unadorned masonry. The west side is surmounted by a bell gable ( espadanya ).
  • The Romanesque church of Sant Iscle i Santa Victòria is also largely adorned, but has an impressive bell tower ( campanar ) with a blind arcade structure in the lower area.
  • The church of Sant Jaume del Pont de Cabrianes is a neo-Romanesque building from the late 19th century.
  • The pretty chapel of Sant Sebastià de les Brucardes is - with the exception of the corner stones and the portal frame - built from rubble stones. A simple bell gable rises above the portal. Despite its altogether ancient appearance, it is an 18th century building.
  • The chapel of Sant Valentí de les Brucardes has a much more precise masonry and a two-part bell gable. However, the roof has long since collapsed. The construction is dated to the 13th or 14th century.
  • The monastery of Sant Benet des Bages , located about one and a half kilometers southeast on the banks of the Llobregat, is one of the most important abbeys in Catalonia.

  • Sant Jaume d'Olzinelles

  • Sant Iscle i Santa Victòria

  • Sant Sebastià de les Brucardes

  • Sant Valentí de les Brucardes

literature

  • Vicenç Buron: Esglésies Romàniques Catalanes. Artestudi Edicions, Barcelona 1977, pp. 87ff, ISBN 84-85180-06-2 .

Web links

Commons : Sant Fruitós de Bages  - 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).