Santa Maria de Besora

Santa Maria de Besora
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°07′46″N 2°15′32″E / 42.12944°N 2.25889°E / 42.12944; 2.25889
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Osona
Government
• Mayor	Camil Adam Vilarrasa (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation	866 m (2,841 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	143
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Besorenc, besorenca
Website	www.santamariabesora.cat

Santa Maria de Besora (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsantə məˈɾiə ðə βəˈzɔɾə]) is a municipality in the comarca of Osona^[1] 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 Romanesque church: there is also a pre-Roman 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.

• 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).

• Official website Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

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