L'Esquirol
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, ) known as Santa Maria de Corcó until 4 June 2014, is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- L'Esquirol
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- SantaMariaCorco-5046sh.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- L'Esquirol
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Santa Maria de Corcó.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Santa Maria de Corcó.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain Catalonia#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Province of Barcelona##Location in Catalonia##Location in Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Osona
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Àlex Montanyà i Rifà (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 61.8
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Santa Maria de Corcó
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Barcelona Province
- Official language
- Catalan
- Population
- 2301
- Area
- 61.80
- Elevation
- 693
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Ter
- Shares border with
- Torelló
- Official website
- www.lesquirol.cat
- Image
- SantaMariaCorco-5046sh.jpg
- Households
- 40
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- postal code
- 08511
- Commons category
- L'Esquirol
- twinned administrative body
- San Juan de Limay
- female population
- 1076
- male population
- 1105
- P8168
- Chelsea
- catalog code
- 34
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Villages
- References
- External links
, ) known as Santa Maria de Corcó until 4 June 2014, is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain.
==Etymology== The name l'Esquirol (literally "the squirrel") comes from a former local inn Hostal de l'Esquirol which was recorded in the 17th century, but is thought to be ultimately from the old Catalan "es querol", meaning "the little rock".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “L'Esquirol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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