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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain

Ripoll

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Coordinates: 42°12′2″N 2°11′34″E﻿ / ﻿42.20056°N 2.19278°E﻿ / 42.20056; 2.19278
Country|  Spain
Community|  Catalonia
Province| Girona
Comarca| Ripollès
Government

• Mayor| Sílvia Orriols (2023) (AC)
Area

[1]

• Total

| 73.7 km2 (28.5 sq mi)
Elevation

| 691 m (2,267 ft)
Population

(2018)[2]

• Total

| 10,632
• Density| 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Demonym| Ripollès
Climate| Cfa
Website| www.ripoll.cat

Ripoll (Catalan pronunciation: [riˈpoʎ]) is the capital of the comarca of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the confluence of the Ter river and its tributary the Freser, next to the Pyrenees near the border with France. The population was 11,057 in 2009.[3]

## History

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Dovella de Ripoll, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

The first traces of humans inhabiting the area date from the Bronze Age and can be seen in form of dolmens such as those found in El Sot de Dones Mortes or in Pardinella. This area was later used by peoples from the Atlantic culture to store bronze weapons and as a passway from the Catalan Central Depression to the Pyrenees. The area also has tombs from the late Roman occupation age and some belonging to the Visigoths.

It has a famous Benedictine monastery built in the Romanesque style, Santa Maria de Ripoll, founded by the count Wilfred the Hairy in 879. The count used it as a centre to repopulate the region after conquering it. In the High Middle Ages, its castle, the Castle of Saguardia, located in the county of Les Llosses was ruled by the Saguàrdia family, of which Ponç de la Guàrdia was a famous troubadour.

An abundance of coal and iron ore, coupled with the ample water supply of the rivers Ter and Freser, encouraged a metal-working industry in the early Middle Ages. The furnaces of Ripoll were a prime source of nails for the peninsula. Later, pole arms and crossbows, always in demand, were added to Ripoll's exports. Ripoll enjoyed a reputation throughout Europe for the production of firearms. That success as a manufactory of firearms brought frequent trouble to the city. French invasions in 1794, 1809, 1812, and 1813 crippled the city’s industries. However, the final and utter destruction of Ripoll, resulting from mines and blasting, occurred in 1839 during the Carlist Wars. Due to the loss of records and archives, not much is known of Ripoll and its industry to this day.

## Climate

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Ripoll has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) bordering on an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) with cool winters and warm to hot summers. As in many areas of the province of Girona, rainfall is well distributed throughout the year. During the winter, temperatures below −5 °C (23 °F) are common, although there may be some winters in which they do not occur.[4]

Climate data for Ripoll (1991–2020), extremes (1989-present)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 21.0
(69.8)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 25.7
(78.3)  | 30.8
(87.4)  | 34.1
(93.4)  | 40.6
(105.1)  | 40.0
(104.0)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 33.2
(91.8)  | 30.4
(86.7)  | 24.3
(75.7)  | 19.5
(67.1)  | 40.6
(105.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 10.3
(50.5)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 15.3
(59.5)  | 18.0
(64.4)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 26.7
(80.1)  | 30.2
(86.4)  | 29.0
(84.2)  | 23.9
(75.0)  | 19.3
(66.7)  | 14.1
(57.4)  | 10.5
(50.9)  | 19.3
(66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 4.0
(39.2)  | 5.0
(41.0)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 14.8
(58.6)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 22.0
(71.6)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 16.9
(62.4)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 4.6
(40.3)  | 12.3
(54.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −2.4
(27.7)  | −1.8
(28.8)  | 0.9
(33.6)  | 3.4
(38.1)  | 7.0
(44.6)  | 11.2
(52.2)  | 13.8
(56.8)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 9.9
(49.8)  | 6.7
(44.1)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | −1.3
(29.7)  | 5.2
(41.4)
Record low °C (°F)  | −13.7
(7.3)  | −12.8
(9.0)  | −11.3
(11.7)  | −5.0
(23.0)  | −2.0
(28.4)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 4.0
(39.2)  | 3.5
(38.3)  | −0.5
(31.1)  | −5.1
(22.8)  | −10.2
(13.6)  | −13.3
(8.1)  | −13.7
(7.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 40.3
(1.59)  | 33.4
(1.31)  | 48.7
(1.92)  | 72.4
(2.85)  | 85.9
(3.38)  | 113.3
(4.46)  | 70.1
(2.76)  | 96.2
(3.79)  | 94.3
(3.71)  | 71.2
(2.80)  | 61.1
(2.41)  | 48.6
(1.91)  | 835.5
(32.89)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 4.4  | 4.2  | 5.7  | 8.4  | 8.2  | 8.4  | 7.3  | 8.8  | 7.3  | 6.6  | 5.4  | 3.8  | 78.5
Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia[5]

## Demographics

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Ripoll is over 5% Muslim, predominately of Moroccan origin, who arrived in the 1990s to work in industrial factories.[6][7]

## Famous citizens

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* Eudald Domènech i Riera

## See also

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* Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll

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## References

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1. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Ripoll". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
2. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
3. ^ AADD (2010). Museus i Centres de Patrimoni Cultural a Catalunya. Barcelona: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 99\. ISBN 978-84-393-5437-6.
4. ^ "Valores climatologicos normales". Aemet.es. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
5. ^ "AEMET OpenData". Aemet.es. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
6. ^ Watts, Jonathan (2017-08-22). "'These boys were raised among us': terror cell town reels after Catalonia attacks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
7. ^ Rodríguez, Jordi Pérez Colomé, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Marta (2017-08-21). "Why did "well-integrated" Moroccans carry out Barcelona terror attack?". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2023-07-03.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

## External links

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* Official website
* Government data pages (in Catalan)
* Ripoll, the cradle of Catalonia (in English)

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