Amer, Girona Explained

Amer
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Spain Province of Girona#Spain Catalonia#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Province of Girona##Location in Catalonia##Location in Spain
Coordinates:	42.0125°N 2.6039°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Spain
Subdivision Type1:	Community
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Girona
Subdivision Type3:	Comarca
Subdivision Name3:	Selva
Leader Title:	mayor
Leader Name:	Maria Rosa Vila Juanhuix (2015)^[1]
Area Footnotes:	^[2]
Area Total Km2:	40.1
Elevation M:	186
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code:	17007

Amer (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /əˈmeɾ/) is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

From 1895, Amer was linked to Girona by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Les Planes d'Hostoles in 1900, Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway.^{[3] [4]}

History

The first documentary news we have is about the battle that Charlemagne's army had against the Moors in the year 785 in the Indret de Sant Corneli in the town of Sant Climent d'Amer.^{[5] [6]}

Villages

• Amer 1.897
• Costa de Santa Brígida, la 53
• Grup Solivent, 206
• Lloret Salvatge, 3
• Palou, 24
• Sant Climent d'Amer, 35
• Sant Genís, 0
• Veïnat de la Jonquera, 21
• Veïnat del Colomer, 7
• Veïnat del Mont, 12

Notable people

• Carles Puigdemont, President of the Government of Catalonia who impulsed a referendum on Catalan independence in 2017, was born in Amer in 1962.^[7]
• Pere Buxó Domènech, musician, composer and pianist. (Amer, 13 de novembre del 1916 - Amer, 30 de desembre del 1998).

Traditions

• La Sardana de l'alcalde.
• Esclafar burros.
• World competition of snail whistle, on the first Sunday of February at the hermitage of Santa Brígida.

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

• Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament* Government data pages

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ajuntament d'Amer. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Amer. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
3. Web site: El tren d'Olot a Girona fa 100 anys . ca . The train from Olot to Girona is 100 years old . . 8 November 2011 . 24 November 2022.
4. Web site: Carrilet Olot - Girona Greenway . viasverdes.com . 24 November 2022.
5. https://www.academia.edu/81100771/Carlemany_i_els_Cartell%C3%A0_Sant_Climent_dAmer_i_la_capella_de_Sant_Corneli_de_lany_823_al_1626 Fuentes Buxó, Alex; Fuentes Buxó, Raimon «Carlemany i els Cartellà, Sant Climent d'Amer i la capella de Sant Corneli; de l'any 823 al 1626.». Amera, la revista d'Amer, 27, 2022, pàg. 33-42.
6. https://www.academia.edu/34241005/Amer_Or%C3%ADgens_i_Hist%C3%B2ria Amer: Orígens i Història. Fuentes Buxó, Raimon & Fuentes Buxó, Alex. 2017. Amer: Orígens i Història. 472 pàgines., 2017, pàg. 417
7. Web site: Puigdemont an unknown entity in Spain until secession drive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922195700/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/puigdemont-an-unknown-entity-in-spain-until-secession-drive/2017/09/21/05dd4cc0-9ed8-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na. dead. 22 September 2017. Ciaran Giles. The Washington Post. 21 September 2017. 2017-09-22.