Els Hostalets de Pierola

Els Hostalets de Pierola is a Spaingie municipality situatit in the autonomous commonty o Catalonie, province o Barcelona, Spain.

Els Hostalets de Pierola
Municipality
Els Hostalets de Pierola Location in Catalonie
Coordinates: 41°32′8″N 1°46′19″E
Country	Spain
Commonty	Catalonie
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Anoia
Govrenment
• Mayor	Jordi Calpe Carbonell
Area
• Total	33.49 km2 (12.93 sq mi)
Elevation	474 m (1,555 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,426
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pierolenc
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

The municipality includes the veelages o Els Hostalets de Pierola, els Boscos de Can Martí, Can Fontimarc, Can Fonsalba, Can Gras, Can Marcet, Can Rovira de l'Estela, Pierola and Serra Alta.

History

The castle o Pierola, o which naithing remains, wis citit in documents in 963. It belangit tae the vicecoonty o Barcelona frae the tent tae the thirteent century. In 1286 it wis gien bi Alfonso II o Aragon tae Asbert o Mediona. In 1698 Pau Ignasi o Dalmases bocht the barony o Pierola. Efterwairds it remained in the haunds o the Fontcuberta faimily who kept it till the end o the manorialism

The municipality became internaitionally famous acause o the 2002 discovery o a Miocene primate, the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a fossil o great interest for human evolution. The genus wis namit efter the municipality.

Main sichts

The kirk o the municipality is dedicatit tae Saunt Peter (Sant Pere) an wis constructit in 1852 in the place in which a auncient Roman temple wis foond. The kirk o Pierola, dedicatit tae Saunt Peter an aw, is o Roman oreegin an appears in documents from 1060. Near the border wi the municipality o Collbató (Baix Llobregat comarca), a hermitage, Roman an aw, dedicatit tae Saunt Christopher o Canyelles wis describit as early as 1033.

Events

Els Hostalets de Pierola celebrates its major festival in Julie. In September a festival o wine taks place.

Economy

The principal economic activity is dryland fermin, especially cereal an wine. Thare are smaw industries an aw.

Currently, as a consequence o the poleetical development unner the umwhile mayor Pedro Barbado (PSC), this municipality haes ane o the maist important steids o trash an ither storage in aw o Catalonie, which is nou ane o the major sources o income for the municipality.

Twin touns

• Rivalba, Italy

References

• Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble, Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994
• Article in the Enciclopedia Catalana Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)

Freemit airtins

• Statistical data
• General information Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
• Alternative wabsteid Archived 2009-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Monumental patrimony o Els Hostalets de Pierola