Solsona, Lleida

Solsona is a municipality an caipital o the comarca o the Solsonès in the province o Lleida, Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit in the centre o the comarca in the Catalan Central Depression. It is servit bi the C-55 road tae Manresa, an is linkit tae Berga an Bassella bi the C-26.

Solsona
Municipality
Cathedral of Solsona.
Coat airms
Solsona Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°59′52″N 1°31′15″E
Kintra	Spain
Commonty	Catalonie
Province	Lleida
Comarca	Solsonès
Govrenment
• Mayor	David Rodríguez González
Area
• Total	18.14 km2 (7.00 sq mi)
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	9,233
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25280
Website	http://www.ajsolsona.cat/

The auld toun is kent as the Clos antic or the Vila vella: it preserves a muckle pairt o its fortifications. The cathedral o Santa Maria de Solsona an the episcopal palace are in a neoclessical style. The latter hooses the diocean an comarcal museum an the Museum o Salt (Museu de la Sal), wi crystals an objects made frae the salt o Cardona.

Notable fowk

• Francesc Ribalta, penter, (1565 - 1628)
• Roger Mas, sangster–sangwriter (born 1975)

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Information from the Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Generalitat de Catalunya
• Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya