2. GENERAL INFORMATION
• POPULATION: 1334 hab.
• DENSITY: 28’43 hab/km2
• VILLAGES: 5 (Cercs, La
Rodonella, Sant Corneli, Sant
Jordi and Sant Josep)
• GROUND: 46’93 km2
• MAYOR: Ferran Civil i Arnabat
3. SITUATION OF CERCS
• CONTINENT: Europe
• COUNTRY: Spain
• AUTONOMIC
COMUNITY:
Catalonia
• REGION: Berguedà
• ROAD: N-1411
4. WORK AND INDUSTRY
• BEFORE:
Many people worked in
the mine. They
worked many hours,
very hard for a low
salary.
5. WORK AND INDUSTRY
• NOW:
Many people work in the thermal power plant,
they have their own shops or restaurants, they
work in big cities like Berga, Manresa...
6. THERMAL POWER PLANT
• They get energy
using coal.
• It has got a power of
160 MW.
• It’s really dangerous
for the environment.
7. RESERVOIR OF LA BAELLS
• It was built in 1976.
• It saves water from
Llobregat (109,3
hm3).
• These water provides
Barcelona.
• We get hidroelectric
energy
8. DINOSAURS FOOTPRINTS
• In Fumanya we
can see the
biggest footprints
of dinosaurs of
all Europe. There
are nearly 3000
footprints. It was
discovered in
1998.
9. SANT QUIRZE DE PEDRET
It’s a preromanic church
situated near the
Llobregat river. It was
built in s.IX
Nowadays you can visit
it.
10. EL ROSARET
It’s a typical festivity
from Sant Jordi.
The population of
the village eat
snails alltogether.
This year was
celebrated from the
8th to 9th of March.
11. MOST INTERESTING THINGS
• The most interesting thing from Cercs is
the thermal power plant because it is a
really important building for workers from
Cercs and it creats a lot of energy.
• We like a lot the dinosaurs footprints too
because it is a really important deposit.
