Fígols | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 42.1839°N 1.84°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Berguedà |
Leader Party: | CiU |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Antonio Garcia Diaz (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 29.3 |
Elevation M: | 1154 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Figolenc, figolenca |
Fígols (pronounced as /ca/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Berguedà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated to the north of Cercs, in the mountains above the Llobregat valley. Deposits of lignite are extracted commercially.
Nearby is the Cercs Mine Museum.
The guerrilla leader Ramon Vila Capdevila - last of the Spanish Maquis, who held out from the end of the Spanish Civil War until being killed in 1963 - is buried in Fígols. On 15 July 2000, a plaque was placed at the burial site of Vila which reads.
Pop 1900: | 219 |
Pop 1930: | 324 |
Pop 1950: | 314 |
Pop 1970: | 66 |
Pop 1986: | 38 |
Pop Latest: | 49 |
Latest Year: | 2007 |
. Antonio Téllez . 1998 . Sabaté: Guerrilla Extraordinary . 1-902593-10-3.