Camprodon
Camprodon (Catalan pronunciation: [kəmpɾuˈðon]; from Camp Rodó "Round Field", ultimately from Latin Campus Rotundus) is a small town in the comarca of Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, near the French border.
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Coordinates: 42°18′57″N 2°22′00″E | |
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Province | Girona |
Comarca | Ripollès |
Government | |
• Mayor | Francesc Xavier Sala Pujol (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 103.4 km2 (39.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 988 m (3,241 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 2,261 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Demonyms | Camprodonins, camprodonines |
Website | www |
History
The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located in the present-day town. In 1252, Camprodon was granted the title of royal city and left the jurisdiction of the abbot of Sant Pere.
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The city celebrates the feast day of Sant Patllari (Palladius of Embrun), and the church of Santa Maria de Camprodon claims his relics, which lie in a 14th-century reliquary (arqueta de Sant Patllari).
The epicentre of the Catalan earthquake of 1428 that killed hundreds of people was near Camprodon.[4] The earthquake was related to the active Amer-Brugent fault system which lies to the south-east of Camprodon.[5]
Notable people
- It is the birthplace of the musician Isaac Albéniz, and has a museum dedicated to him.
- Ski mountaineer Marc Solà Pastoret was born there.[6]
References
- "Ajuntament de Camprodon". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- "El municipi en xifres: Camprodon". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- Banda E and AM Correig (1984). The Catalan earthquake of 2 February 1428. Engineering Geology, 20:89-97.
- Olivera C, Redondo E, Riera A, Lambert J and Roca A (1999). "Problems in assessing focal parameters to earthquake sequences from historical investigation: the 1427 earthquakes in Catalonia". Proceedings I Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica (CD-ROM). Symposium Ibero Maghrebian historical and instrumental seismicity. SIM2-7. pp. 1–8.
- "Skimountaneering.com". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
External links
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- Official website
- Government data pages (in Catalan)