Òdena (

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: ''Ódena'') is a

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in the ''comarca'' of the

Anoia Anoia () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in central Catalonia, Spain, with its capital at Igualada. The comarca of l'Anoia is irrigated by the Anoia River; the leading industry is the making of paper. To the north are Solsonès an ...

in Barcelona province,

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. It is situated in the centre of the Òdena Basin, on the side of a small hill. The remains of Òdena castle with its

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al tower are at the top of the hill. The town is served by the C-241 road from

Igualada Igualada () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the ...

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, and the main N-II road from

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runs through the municipality. The

Igualada-Òdena Aerodrome The Igualada-Òdena Aerodrome, known officially as the Igualada-Òdena General Vives Aerodrome, is an airfield located in the municipality of Òdena (Anoia). It has an asphalt runway 900 meters and 330 meters above sea level (1083 feet). The aerod ...

is located at the south of the Òdena municipality. The airdrome is home to the Aerosport airshow that takes place every year in April or May. In 2009 it was officially elected by the Catalan government to be converted into a corporate usage airfield. The current 900 metre

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will be extended to 1500 metres and new

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s will be built for sportive and corporate aviation.

Ultramagic Ultramagic (, ) is a manufacturer of hot air balloons, based at the Igualada-Òdena Aerodrome, province of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is the only manufacturer of hot air balloons in Spain, and the second largest in the world.El PeriodicoOnce meses e ...

, the world's second largest manufacturer of

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s, has its headquarters at the Igualada-Òdena aerodrome.

Demography

Subdivisions

The municipality of Òdena comprises ten settlements (

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s are as of 2005): *El Bosc Gran (17) *Can Sabater (24) *Can Soler (27) * (70) *L'Espelt (224), in the east of the municipality, with the remains of a

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villa *La Font d'en Masarnau (31) *Òdena (''nuclí urbà'') (1320) *El Pla (1099) *El Raval d'Aguilera (61) *Samuntà (63)

References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Official website

Government data pages
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