Capolat is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the comarca of

Berguedà Berguedà () is an inland comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain, lying partly in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, and partly in the Catalan Central Depression. Geography The northern half of Berguedà, known as Alt Berguedà (“Upper Berguedà� ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Spain. The geography is mountainous reaching 1500 meters about sea level. The population has always been sparcly settled due to the topography, like almost the whole region, the population peeked in the nineteenth century, and since then it has been gradually declining .

Economy

The economy is chiefly agricultural, with a particular prevalence of

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

and

dryland farming Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands, areas characterized by a cool wet season (which charges the soil with virtually ...

. A good part of the territory is occupied by forests of pines, oaks and holm oaks (wood is one of the foundations of the economy) and there are also extensions of crops of potatoes, wheat and corn, almost all farms raise livestock (cattle, pigs and lambs, especially)

History

The town sprang up around Capolat Castle home of the local aristocratic familty. Bishop Nantigís of Urgell founded a Benedictine Monastery here on 13 December 899. In 905 the monastery was gifted by Adalaiz, countess daughter of Counts Suniari and Richildis, the whole of Castell de l'Espunyola to the

monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses The Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses is a monastery in the comarca of Ripollès, Catalonia, northern Spain. Until the year 945 it was the only female monastery in the area. History The monastery was founded in 885 by count Wilfred the Hai ...

. There are no records of the monastery this. The parish church of Sant Martí de Coforb is first mentioned in the act of consecration of the cathedral of Urgell of 839. The Romanesque church of Sant Serni de Terrers at the north west of the commune dates to the 13th century.

Sites of interest

The municipality has three Romanesque churches of interest: * Church of Sant Salvador de Capolat * Church of Sant Andreu de la Serreta * Church of Sant Serni de la Torre

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capolat Municipalities in Berguedà Populated places in Berguedà