Santpedor

Santpedor ( Catalan pronunciation: [ ˌ sampəðɔ ] ), Spanish Sampedor is a Spanish municipality and city in the comarca of Bages in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia. Santpedor is located 73 kilometers north-west of Barcelona in the shallower part of the comarca of Bages. The place was one of 2012 7.187 inhabitants in December.

The main economic activity is agriculture. There are some industries, an industrial area is under development. Local attractions include the Romanesque-Gothic church of Sant Pere d'Or and the Hermitage of Sant Francesc.

The most famous son of Santpedor Josep Guardiola, former football player and coach of FC Barcelona and, since June 24, 2013 coach of FC Bayern Munich. The village has a modern football field, which is named after him and trained at the Club de Futbol Santpedor and its games discharges. The main festival of the town is celebrated on the second Sunday in June and lasts three days. It used to be thought of in this day of Jesus' crown of thorns, the Fiesta de las Santas Espinas.

A few steps south of the community is the water reserve Aigüamolls de la Bobila, an ecosystem with typical vegetation and fauna of wetlands. It has a total area of ​​eight hectares. The existence of this wetland has its origin in the production of alumina, which was set up by an old brick factory in the local area. When lowering the land surface as the ground water was brought to the surface. Since 1994, the nature reserve exists with a large variety of plant and animal species.