Olià Explained

Olià
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lleida
Subdivision Type3:Vegueria
Subdivision Name3:Alt Pirineu i Aran
Subdivision Type4:Comarca
Subdivision Name4:Cerdanya
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:Bellver de Cerdanya
Coordinates:42.355°N 1.7433°W
Blank Info Sec2:Catalan
Elevation M:1080
Population Total:14
Population As Of:2018
Population Demonym:Olianenc, Olianenca
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:25721
Area Code Type:Dialing code

Olià is located 1080 m and is a small village belonging to the municipality of Bellver de Cerdanya, in the comarca of la Cerdanya, vegueria of Alt Pirineu i Aran, province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.[1]

Olià, Nas and Santa Eugènia de Nerellà, were and they are brother towns, Santa Eugènia has a church and a cemetery and Olià had a school called l'estudi. These three fraternals towns celebrate their town celebration on the third Sunday of October.

Location

Olià is located at the foot of Serrat de Nas, next to the village of Santa Eugènia de Nerellà and opposite of the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.

How to get to Olià?

Population

In 2019, the population was 14 people of which eight were men and six women.[2]

Places of interest

Church of Santa Eugènia de Nerellà

Because Olià does not have any church, people of the town depend of the Church of Santa Eugènia, where they also have their cemetery.

Ski resorts

In La Cerdanya there are two alpine ski resorts (Masella and La Molina) and three of Nordic skiing (Guils Fontanera, Lles, Aransa). Moreover, areas like Alp 2500, which connects the Masella and La Molina stations, offer the most important ski area of the Pyrenees with an area of 121 kilometers of slopes.

Routes

The Route of the Reapers (La Ruta dels Segadors in Catalan) is a very old way, which runs through the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olià | enciclopèdia.cat.
  2. Web site: Patronat Comarcal de Turisme de la Cerdanya. https://web.archive.org/web/20160115130516/http://www.cerdanya.org/TextoMunicipio.aspx?idMun=2. 2016-01-15. dead. 2016-10-31.