Rubió

Municipality

Rubió town hall

Flag

Coat of arms

Rubió

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 41°38′47″N 1°34′17″E / 41.64639°N 1.57139°ECoordinates: 41°38′47″N 1°34′17″E / 41.64639°N 1.57139°E

Catalonia

Barcelona

Government

• Mayor

Francesc Miquel Archela Gil (2015) (CiU)

Area

• Total

48.0 km² (18.5 sq mi)

Elevation

634.4 m (2,081.4 ft)

Population (2014)

• Total

228

• Density

4.8/km² (12/sq mi)

Website

rubio.cat

Rubió is a rural municipality in the comarca of Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. Its administrative centre is the village of Rubió, and other villages include Maçana and El Pla de Rubió. As of 2014, the municipality had 228 inhabitants. At 48 square kilometres (19 sq mi) it is one of the largest municipalities of the Alta Segarra, and at one time was the most sparsely-populated.

In 1840, the old municipality of Maçana annexed Rubió to increase its population; the municipal limits remain unchanged from then on. Two theories exist about the origin of the toponym Rubió. One holds that it derives from rubeus (coppery), possibly alluding to the red colour of the land and the rocks of the mountain on which was built the Castell de Rubió. According to the second, Rubió derives from the Latin rufus (blond) through the name Rubione, a local landowner in the Roman Empire.

The coat of arms, granted on 12 February 1996, has on the inferior part a gules castle with a fleur-de-lis in the centre. At the top is a mural crown of the village. The castle refers to the ruined Castell de Rubió.

Rubió, part of the diocese of Vic, has five churches:Informative label of the Deputation of Barcelona to the El Pla de Rubió

Rubió is northeast of the comarca of Anoia, near the geographic centre of Catalonia. The municipality adjoins the municipalities of Aguilar de Segarra (Bages), Castellfollit del Boix (Bages), Òdena, Jorba, Copons and Els Prats de Rei. It is at the centre of the Serra de Rubió, whose highest peak is the 837-metre (2,746 ft) Còpia de Palomes.

...
Wikipedia