Amer, Girona

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Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°0′45″N2°36′14″E / 42.01250°N 2.60389°E / 42.01250; 2.60389
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Selva
Government
  mayorMaria Rosa Vila Juanhuix (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total40.1 km2 (15.5 sq mi)
Elevation
186 m (610 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total2,256
  Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Website www.amer.cat

Amer is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

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From 1895, Amer was linked to Girona by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Les Planes d'Hostoles in 1900, Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway. [4] [5]

History

The first documentary news we have is about the battle that Charlemagne's army had against the Moors in the year 785 in the Indret de Sant Corneli in the town of Sant Climent d'Amer. [6] [7]

Villages

Notable people

Traditions

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Ancient Catalan dance imposed, exclusive to Amer.

References

  1. "Ajuntament d'Amer". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Amer". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "El tren d'Olot a Girona fa 100 anys" [The train from Olot to Girona is 100 years old] (in Catalan). Sàpiens  [ ca ]. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. "Carrilet Olot - Girona Greenway". viasverdes.com. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. Fuentes Buxó, Alex; Fuentes Buxó, Raimon «Carlemany i els Cartellà, Sant Climent d'Amer i la capella de Sant Corneli; de l'any 823 al 1626.». Amera, la revista d'Amer, 27, 2022, pàg. 33-42.
  7. Amer: Orígens i Història. Fuentes Buxó, Raimon & Fuentes Buxó, Alex. 2017. Amer: Orígens i Història. 472 pàgines., 2017, pàg. 417
  8. Ciaran Giles (21 September 2017). "Puigdemont an unknown entity in Spain until secession drive". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-22.