Sant Llorenç de la Muga

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Municipality of Sant Llorenç de la Muga
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Sant Llorenç de la Muga (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Comarca : Alt Empordà
Coordinates 42 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 47 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 ′  N , 2 ° 47 ′  E
Height : 173  msnm
Area : 32 km²
Residents : 264 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 8.25 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 17171
administration
Official language : Castilian , Catalan
Mayor : Lluís Vila i Pujol

Sant Llorenç de la Muga is a municipality in the autonomous region of Catalonia at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees in the valley of the Rio Muga in the province of Girona . Surrounded by pine, chestnut, cork oak forests and agricultural areas.

location

Sant Llorenç de la Muga is located 18 kilometers west of Figueres , 65 kilometers north of the provincial capital Girona and 25 kilometers southwest of La Jonquera . The community has a direct connection to the A-7 motorway via the GI-510 road .

history

In the 10th century a record documents the name of the place as Santi Laurenti de Sambuca and refers to a Roman settlement. In 1311 King James II granted Sant Llorenc de la Muga market and town rights.

In the 14th century the settlement became a fortified city with a medieval structure. The city walls that surround the city center have an almost triangular floor plan with four towers and three city gates. Under the rule of Charles III. Several armories for the manufacture of ammunition emerged in the municipality in the 18th century, such as landmines made of iron and lead from the most famous forge Farga Real San Sebastian .

In May of 1794 the troops of the French general Charles Pierre François Augereau destroyed a substantial part of the factories and the medieval local structure in the battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga.

Population development

The municipality consists of three districts, Riberada d'Amunt, Riberada d'Avall and the administrative center of Sant Llorenç de la Muga. Due to the topographical situation, agriculture, cattle breeding and the timber industry flourished in the 18th century. In addition to the cloth makers, ore mining and an ammunition plant also contributed to the economic boom. In the middle of the 19th century there were over 1100 inhabitants in the city. Due to the decline in agriculture, the industrial timber industry and increasing ore imports later led to rural exodus, so that on January 1, 2019, only 264 inhabitants lived in Sant Llorenç de la Muga.

Number of inhabitants
(source: INE )
year 1717 1783 1857 1900 1920 1940 1960 1970 1990 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
Residents 645 773 1,119 761 631 446 373 183 160 127 182 185 192 196 218 222

Sant Llorenc de la Muga is now a popular destination for day trips from the Costa Brava .

Attractions

  • Església de Sant Llorenç, Romanesque style church
  • Ermita de Sant Antoni, built in 1835 on a former oratory for the Virgin of Montserrat (Verge de Montserrat)
  • Castell de Sant Llorenç
  • El pont vell, a bridge with three round arches from the 10th century.

Web links

Commons : Sant Llorenç de la Muga  - 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).