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.
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.
In 2019, the population was 14 people of which eight were men and six women.[2]
Because Olià does not have any church, people of the town depend of the Church of Santa Eugènia, where they also have their cemetery.
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.
The Route of the Reapers (La Ruta dels Segadors in Catalan) is a very old way, which runs through the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.