Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 1,092 km² Population 175,527 (2014) | ||
Municipalities ListAguilar de Segarra, Artés, Avinyó, Balsareny, Callús, Cardona, Castellbell i el Vilar, Castellfollit del Boix, Castellgalí, Castellnou de Bages, Fonollosa, Gaià, Manresa, Marganell, Monistrol de Montserrat, Mura, Navarcles, Navàs, El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, Rajadell, Sallent, Sant Feliu Sasserra, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Sant Mateu de Bages, Sant Salvador de Guardiola, Sant Vicenç de Castellet, Santpedor, Súria, Talamanca Destinations Manresa, Cardona - Spain, Moià, Sallent, Mura - Barcelona Points of interest Montserrat, Santa Maria de Montserr, Montaña de sal de Cardona, Museum of Montserrat, Castle of Cardona | ||
Bages is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a subcomarca, Lluçanès.
Map of El Bages, Barcelona, Spain
Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener. Agriculture includes vineyards, cereals, and olive groves.
To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Osona, Moianès, and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, l'Anoia and el Solsonès.
In May 2015, Bages lost five municipalities - Calders, L'Estany, Moià, Monistrol de Calders, Santa Maria d'Oló - to the new comarca of Moianès.
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