The Serra de Rubió is a

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located in

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, between the ''

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'' of

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and

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, and among the

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Rubió Rubió () is a rural Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. Its administrative centre is the village of Rubió, and other villages include Sant Martí de Maçana, Maçana and ...

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and

Els Prats de Rei Els Prats de Rei () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Anoia in Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia ...

. Its highest peak is the

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, with an elevation of . It has a length of roughly , and of width. The landscape of the surroundings is characterized by woods of

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(''Pinus halepensis''), the predominant species in almost all the mountain range. However, also the

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(''Pinus nigra'') stands out, mostly in the wet areas in the bottom of the valleys but also in the shady spots, by the side of the

Scots Pine ''Pinus sylvestris'', the Scots pine (UK), Scotch pine (US), Baltic pine, or European red pine is a species of tree in the pine family Pinaceae that is native to Eurasia. It can readily be identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-gr ...

(''Pinus sylvestris''), which is less abundant and lies mostly in some shady spots higher than .

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s and holm oaks are abundant as well. Regarding fauna, the main animal species are the roe deer (''Capreolus capreolus''), the

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(''Sus scrofa''), the

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(''Vulpes vulpes''), the

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(''Oryctolagus cuniculus'') and the

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(''Lepus europaeus''). The population in the range is scarce, since live there around 200 people. People live in '' masies'' (country houses), which are dispersed by all the territory. Moreover, there are some chapels also dispersed: the main ones are Santa Maria de Rubió and Sant Martí de Maçana, but also stands out the Romanic chapel of Sant Pere d'Ardesa. There is a

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in the mountain range, the Serra de Rubió Wind Farm, which is the biggest in Catalonia and has round 50

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. The Marimon i Casulleres rock shelter, a big rock shelter where hided two known bandits in the area, is located in the mountain range. Besides, a mountain retreat called Refugi Mas del Tronc lies in the northern slope of the Serra de Rubió, where crosses the GR7 path.

Topography

The highest peaks in the Serra de Rubió are the following ones:

References

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