Vilafranca de Bonany

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Vilafranca de Bonany (Spain)
Coordinates: 39°34′12″N3°05′17″E / 39.57000°N 3.08806°E / 39.57000; 3.08806
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of the Balearic Islands.svg  Balearic Islands
Province Balearic Islands
Comarca Pla de Mallorca
Area
  Total23.96 km2 (9.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total3,176
  Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Vilafranca de Bonany (Catalan pronunciation: [viləˈfɾaŋ.kə(ðəbonˈaɲ)] ) is a small municipality in the district of Pla on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is an agricultural town, known for its market stalls along the highway selling spices, fruits, and vegetables as well as tiny doughnuts called bunyols in Majorcan language and buñuelos in Spanish, and also known for the historic Santa Barbara Church built in the 1730s. [2]

In the northeast outskirts of the town is a 17th-century monastery called Ermita de Bonany, or Hermitage of Bonany. It was built in thanks for a good harvest; the name "Bonany" literally means "good year". [2]

This town borders Felanitx, Porreres, Sant Joan, Petra (birthplace of Junípero Serra) and Manacor.

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. 1 2 DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mallorca, Menorca & Ibiza ,p. 81 (Penguin 2012).