Sant Feliu Sasserra 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 extreme north-east of the
comarca
A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...
of Bages, in
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 nort ...
. It is also within the natural comarca of
Lluçanès.
The municipality's name has its origins in several features of the town. It is named ''Sant Feliu'' after a primitive church erected atop a rock named the ''roca d'en Feliu'', or "Felix's Rock". The main road through the municipality, which connected
Prats de Lluçanès with
Artés
Artés is a Spanish town in the province of Barcelona, Bages comarca (county), in Catalonia.
Location
The town of Artés is located at the center of Catalonia, at the eastern edge of the plain zone of Bages -commonly known as Pla de Bages. ...
in Bages, followed the area's hilly natural contours along a ridge, hence ''Sasserra''.
The municipality surrounds an
exclave of
Oristà
Oristà is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Osona in Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Aut ...
.
Although the municipality lies within the natural region of
Lluçanès, it voted in 2015 not to join a proposed new comarca of that name, but the plan was put on hold due to insufficient support.
Sites of interest
* The ''Casa del Consell'', in the
Gothic style, former seat of the ''sotsvegueria'' of
Lluçanès.
* The Church of Sant Feliu, in the Gothic style, with a
Romanesque vestibule.
Demography
References
External links
Town website
Government data pages
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Municipalities in Bages
Populated places in Bages