Sant Julià de Vilatorta

Sant Julià de Vilatorta (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsaɲ ʒuliˈa ðə βiləˈtɔɾtə]) is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain.

Sant Julià de Vilatorta
Municipality
El Casal Núria (1929)
Flag Coat of arms
Sant Julià de Vilatorta Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41.922°N 2.324°E / 41.922; 2.324
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Osona
Government
• Mayor	Joan Carles Rodríguez Casadevall (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	3,096
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Website	www.vilatorta.cat

Paleontological and archeological sites

• Cánoves. Eocene paleontological site where a new echinoid species called Calzadaster Friasi was discovered and described in 2004. Nowadays we only know the holotipus preserved in the Museu de geología del seminari de Barcelona and two Paratypes in a private Collection in Amer village.^[4]

References

1. "Ajuntament de Sant Julià de Vilatorta". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Sant Julià de Vilatorta". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. Carrasco, José Francisco. 2004-2005. Calzadaster friasi. Un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Spatangoida (Echinoidea) del Eoceno de Cataaluña. Batalleria ( Barcelona ): revista de paleontología, ISSN 0214-7831, Nº. 12, 2004-2005, págs. 49-56.

• 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

• Government data pages (in Catalan)