Santa Maria de Besora

Santa Maria de Besora
Municipality
Coat of arms
Santa Maria de Besora Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 42°07′46″N 2°15′32″E / 42.12944°N 2.25889°ECoordinates: 42°07′46″N 2°15′32″E / 42.12944°N 2.25889°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Osona
Government
• Mayor	Camil Adam Vilarrasa (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	24.7 km^2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation	866 m (2,841 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	162
• Density	6.6/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Besorenc, besorenca
Website	www.santamariabesora.cat

Santa Maria de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Bellmunt range in the north of the comarca. It is linked to Sant Quirze de Besora and to Vidrà by a local road. Besora castle has an eleventh-century roman church: there is also a preroman chapel at Sant Moí. Santa Maria de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.

Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
467	449	364	259	200	183

References

1. "Ajuntament de Santa Maria de Besora". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Santa Maria de Besora". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

• Official website (Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)