Tavertet

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Tavertet
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Tavertet with the Puig de les Baumes rising over the town and the Pre-Pyrenees in the far distance
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Tavertet
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°59′51″N2°25′11″E / 41.99750°N 2.41972°E / 41.99750; 2.41972 Coordinates: 41°59′51″N2°25′11″E / 41.99750°N 2.41972°E / 41.99750; 2.41972
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Osona
Government
   Mayor Lurdes Rovira Plarromaní (2015) [1]
Area
[2]
  Total32.5 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Elevation
869 m (2,851 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total111
  Density3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
Website tavertet.cat

Tavertet is a small town located above some cliffs, 900m above sea level, in the area known as Collsacabra, north of the Guilleries, in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia.

Below the cliffs is Pantà de Sau, a reservoir that dammed the waters of the river Ter in the 1960s. Tavertet is nowadays a tourist-oriented town with many holiday homes, where Raimon Panikkar lived. Tavertet is linked by road BV5207 to the town of L'Esquirol, also known as Santa Maria de Corcó. There is also a minor road north of the village above the cliffs through a beech forest linking the town to Rupit.

Moli-bernat waterfall near Tavertet Tavertet - Salt de Moli-bernat i la balma de les corts - IMG 7494.JPG
Molí-bernat waterfall near Tavertet

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Tavertet". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Tavertet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.