Olesa de Bonesvalls

Olesa de Bonesvalls
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°21′N 1°51′E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Alt Penedès
Government
• Mayor	Josep Ma. Tillo Bages (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	30.8 km^2 (11.9 sq mi)
Elevation	265 m (869 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	1,787
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Olesà, olesana
Website	www.olesadebonesvalls.net

Olesa de Bonesvalls (Catalan pronunciation: [uˈlɛzə ðə ˌβɔnəzˈβaʎs]) is a village and municipality in the Alt Penedès comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Until 1990 it was included in Garraf comarca.

It is located in the Garraf natural park, and includes its highest peak Montau, at 653m.[4] The land is stony karst with many caves, notably "Avenc de l'Esquerrà" at 348 m,[4] the deepest in Spain.^[citation needed]

Its most notable building is Hospital de Cervelló, a fortified hostel complex for travellers dating from 1262, which has remained in good condition.[4]

Its economy is based mainly around agriculture, predominantly vineyards and orchards, and small local industry.

Its population was 1,735 in 2014.[1] The municipality is traversed by the road between the towns of Avinyonet del Penedès and Gavà.

History

In 1262 Olesa de Bonesvalls hosted a two-floor hospital whose architecture reproduced the Italian infirmaries of Fossanova, Viterbo and Casamari. Olesa was one of the oldest Spanish hospitals, along with Coll de Balaguer and Vich.[5]

Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2014
643	513	389	372	329	1735

References

1. "Ajuntament d'Olesa de Bonesvalls". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Olesa de Bonesvalls". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. "Olesa de Bonesvalls". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
5. M. Garin Ortiz de Taranto, Felipe (1969–70). "Vinculaciones Universales del Gótico Valenciano" (pdf). Anales de la Universidad de Valencia (in Spanish). XLIV (Quaderno I). Letters and Philosophy Faculty, University of Valencia: 15–16. OCLC 431942666. Retrieved May 14, 2021.

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

• Official website (in Catalan)
• Government data pages (in Catalan)