Sant Joan de Vilatorrada is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
''comarca'' of the
Bages
Bages () is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a ''subcomarca'', Lluçanès.
Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Carden ...
in
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
, Spain. It is about away from
Barcelona
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.
The town of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada is located at 3 km. from
Manresa, the capital of the
Bages
Bages () is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a ''subcomarca'', Lluçanès.
Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Carden ...
comarca (county). The municipal limits are: in the North
Sant Mateu de Bages
Sant Mateu de Bages is a village in the comarca of Bages in province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, desi ...
and
Callús, in the Northeast
Santpedor; in the East
Sant Fruitós de Bages
Sant Fruitós de Bages () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Bages in Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by i ...
, in the South-east
Manresa and in the West
Fonollosa
Fonollosa is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationalit ...
.
Notable people
*
The Missing Leech, (real name Maurici Ribera),
anti folk
Anti-folk (sometimes referred to as unfolk) is a music genre that emerged in the 1980s in response to the remnants of the 1960s folk music scene. Anti-folk music was made to mock the perceived seriousness of the time's mainstream music scene, an ...
musician
References
External links
Official site
Government data pages
Municipalities in Bages
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