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Els Hostalets de Pierola is a Spanish municipality situated in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, province of Barcelona, Spain.

Els Hostalets de Pierola
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°32′8″N 1°46′19″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Anoia
Government
• Mayor	Gerard Parcerisas Valls (2019)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	33.5 km2 (12.9 sq mi)
Elevation	474 m (1,555 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	2,930
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym	Pierolenc
Website	elshostaletsdepierola.cat

The municipality includes the villages of Els Hostalets de Pierola, els Boscos de Can Martí, Can Fontimarc, Can Fonsalba, Can Gras, Can Marcet, Can Rovira de l'Estela, Pierola and Serra Alta.

History

The castle of Pierola, of which nothing remains, was cited in documents in 963. It belonged to the vicecounty of Barcelona from the tenth to the thirteenth century. In 1286 it was given by Alfonso II of Aragon to Asbert of Mediona. In 1698 Pau Ignasi of Dalmases bought the barony of Pierola. Afterwards it remained in the hands of the Fontcuberta family who kept it until the end of the manorialism

The municipality became internationally famous because of the 2002 discovery of a Miocene primate, the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a fossil of great interest for human evolution. The genus was named after the municipality.

Main sights

The church of the municipality is dedicated to Saint Peter (Sant Pere) and was constructed in 1852 in the place in which an ancient Roman temple was found. The church of Pierola, also dedicated to Saint Peter, is of Roman origin and appears in documents from 1060. Near the border with the municipality of Collbató (Baix Llobregat comarca), a hermitage, also Roman, dedicated to Saint Christopher of Canyelles was described as early as 1033.

Events

Els Hostalets de Pierola celebrates its major festival in July. In September a festival of wine takes place.

Economy

The principal economic activity is dryland farming, especially cereal and wine. There are also small industries.

Currently, as a consequence of the political development under the former mayor Pedro Barbado (PSC), this municipality has one of the most important sites of trash and other storage in all of Catalonia, which is now one of the major sources of income for the municipality.

Twin towns

• Rivalba, Italy

References

• Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble, Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994
• Article in the Enciclopedia Catalana (in Catalan)

External links

• General information (in Catalan)
• Alternative website
• Monumental patrimony of Els Hostalets de Pierola
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

На других языках

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- [en] Els Hostalets de Pierola

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[es] Els Hostalets de Pierola

Pierola[1] u Hostalets de Pierola[2] (oficialmente y en catalán Els Hostalets de Pierola) es un municipio de la comarca catalana de Noya, en la provincia de Barcelona, Cataluña, España. Incluye los núcleos de Els Hostalets de Pierola, els Boscos de Can Martí, Can Fontimarc, Can Fosalba, Can Gras, Can Marcet, Can Rovira de l'Estela, Pierola y Serra Alta. Tiene una población de 2901 habitantes (INE 2017) y una superficie de 33,49 kilómetros cuadrados.

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[ru] Эльс-Осталетс-де-Пьерола

Эльс-Осталетс-де-Пьерола (кат. Els Hostalets de Pierola, исп. Pierola) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Барселона в составе автономного сообщества Каталония. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Анойя. Занимает площадь 33,5 км². Население — 2743 человека (на 2010 год).

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