Solsona, Lleida
Solsona is a municipality an caipital o the comarca o the Solsonès in the province o Lleida, Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit in the centre o the comarca in the Catalan Central Depression. It is servit bi the C-55 road tae Manresa, an is linkit tae Berga an Bassella bi the C-26.
Solsona | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of Solsona. | |
 Coat airms | |
  Solsona Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 41°59′52″N 1°31′15″E / 41.99778°N 1.52083°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Solsonès |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | David Rodríguez González |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 9,233 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 25280 |
| Website | http://www.ajsolsona.cat/ |
The auld toun is kent as the Clos antic or the Vila vella: it preserves a muckle pairt o its fortifications. The cathedral o Santa Maria de Solsona an the episcopal palace are in a neoclessical style. The latter hooses the diocean an comarcal museum an the Museum o Salt (Museu de la Sal), wi crystals an objects made frae the salt o Cardona.
Notable fowk
eedit- Francesc Ribalta, penter, (1565 - 1628)
- Roger Mas, sangster–sangwriter (born 1975)
References
eedit- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial wabsteid
- Information from the Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Generalitat de Catalunya
- Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya