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Montesquiu
Sign in to saveMontesquiu () is a municipality in the comarca (county) of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona and Puigcerdà, served by the N-152 road and a station on the Renfe railway line. The thirteenth-century castle is used for cultural events during the summer. Montesquiu became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990. Previously, it formed part of Ripollès.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Montesquiu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Montesquiu.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Montesquiu castle
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Montesquiu.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Montesquiu.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Catalonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Osona
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Elisabet Ferreres Vergés (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.9
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 577
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Montesquiu
- Demonym
- montesquiuenca
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Barcelona Province
- Official language
- Catalan
- Population
- 1110
- Area
- 4.90
- Elevation
- 577
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Ter
- Shares border with
- Sora
- Official website
- www.montesquiu.cat
- Image
- Montesquiu.jpg
- Licence plate code
- B
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- postal code
- 08585
- Commons category
- Montesquiu
- female population
- 497
- male population
- 501
- P8168
- Martín Fiz
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Demography
- References
- External links
Montesquiu () is a municipality in the comarca (county) of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the banks of the Ter river in the north of the comarca. It is on the main communication route between Barcelona and Puigcerdà, served by the N-152 road and a station on the Renfe railway line. The thirteenth-century castle is used for cultural events during the summer. Montesquiu became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990. Previously, it formed part of Ripollès.
== Demography ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montesquiu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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