Sant Joan de Vilatorrada 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 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 ...

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 ...

, Spain. It is about away from

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

. The town of Sant Joan de Vilatorrada is located at 3 km. from Manresa, the capital of the

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),

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musician

References

External links

Official site

Government data pages
Municipalities in Bages {{Barcelona-geo-stub