Alpens

infobox catalan city
title=Alpens | arms=Escut d'Alpens.svg
location_

province=Barcelona
comarca=Osona
population=303
population_year=2007
area=13.8
population_density=21.96
elevation=855
demonym=Alpensí, alpensina
mayor=Montse Barniol i Carcasona

Alpens is a municipality situated in the Lluçanès zone, within the "comarca" of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Alpens is located 105 km from the city of Barcelona and 35 km from the "comarca" capital, Vic.

In the municipal area there are ruins of a fortress which dates to the year 1109, the fortress of Freixenet. It is one of the places catalogued by the government as sites of Spanish cultural heritage. There is also the 10th-century church of Sant Pere de Serrallonga.

External links

* [http://www.alpens.org/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=0800440003 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=08004 Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca