Bages

Other Catalan comarques
Province	Barcelona
Capital	Manresa
Largest city	Manresa
Demonym
Population (2001)	155,112 hab.
Area	1,295.2 km2
Pop. density (2001)	119.8 hab/km2
Municipalities	35

The comarca (county) of Bages lies in the center of Catalonia. It includes two subcomarques, el Moianès and el Lluçanès .

Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent , and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener . Agriculture includes vineyards, grains, and olive groves.

To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Osona, Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, l'Anoia and el Solsonès.

Municipalities

• Aguilar de Segarra - pop. 224
• Artés - pop. 4696
• Avinyó - pop. 2049
• Balsareny - pop. 3256
• Calders - pop. 781
• Callús - pop. 1417
• Cardona - pop. 5312
• Castellbell i el Vilar - pop. 3080
• Castellfollit del Boix - pop. 389
• Castellgalí - pop. 1066
• Castellnou de Bages - pop. 670
• Estany - pop. 408
• Fonollosa - pop. 1097
• Gaià - pop. 155
• Manresa - pop. 67269
• Marganell - pop. 245
• Moià - pop. 4647
• Monistrol de Calders - pop. 623
• Monistrol de Montserrat - pop. 2559
• Mura - pop. 225
• Navarcles - pop. 5442
• Navàs - pop. 5629
• Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort - pop. 2838
• Rajadell - pop. 405
• Sallent - pop. 7101
• Sant Feliu Sasserra - pop. 649
• Sant Fruitós de Bages - pop. 6342
• Sant Joan de Vilatorrada - pop. 9688
• Sant Mateu de Bages - pop. 679
• Sant Salvador de Guardiola - pop. 2390
• Sant Vicenç de Castellet - pop. 7334
• Santa Maria d'Oló - pop. 1018
• Santpedor - pop. 5610
• Súria - pop. 6154
• Talamanca - pop. 114

External links

• Official comarcal web site, in Catalan
• Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya, in Catalan
• Information on Bages from the Generalitat de Catalunya (government of Catalonia), in Catalan