Amer, Spain

Amer (Catalan pronunciation: [əˈmeɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Amer
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42°0′45″N 2°36′14″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Selva
Government
• mayor	Maria Rosa Vila Juanhuix (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	40.1 km2 (15.5 sq mi)
Elevation	186 m (610 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[3]
• Total	2,415
• Density	60.2/km2 (156/sq mi)
Postal code	17007
Website	www.amer.cat

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

• Amer 1.897
• Costa de Santa Brígida, la 53
• Grup Solivent, 206
• Lloret Salvatge, 3
• Palou, 24
• Sant Climent d'Amer, 35
• Sant Genís, 0
• Veïnat de la Jonquera, 21
• Veïnat del Colomer, 7
• Veïnat del Mont, 12

Notable people

• Carles Puigdemont, President of the Government of Catalonia who lead the creation of a referendum on Catalan independence in 2017, was born in Amer in 1962.^[8]
• Pere Buxó Domènech, musician, composer and pianist. (Amer, 13 November 1916 - Amer, 30 December 1998).

Traditions

• La Sardana de l'alcalde.
• Esclafar burros.
• World competition of snail whistle, on the first Sunday of February at the hermitage of Santa Brígida.