Sant Mori

Sant Mori is a municipality in the "comarca" of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

infobox catalan municipio
image_coat_of_arms =Escut de Sant Mori.jpg


location_

province=Girona
comarca=Alt Empordà
population=163
population_year=2007
area=7.5
population_density=21.73
elevation=51
demonym=santmorienc / santmorienca

Situated on the right bank of the river Fluvià, it is limited on the north by San Miguel de Fluviá, on the east by Ventalló, on the south by Saus and on the west by Palau de Santa Eulalia.

The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, it has a small electricity generator and tourism is becoming more important.

Sant Mori was a barony in the XVth century and in 1893 it became a marquisate. The regent queen Juana Enríquez and her son Ferdinand II of Aragon spent some days in the castle of Sant Mori at the height of the war against John II of Aragon. There the Parlament of the Cortes Catalanas were invoked on October 1466.

Places of Interest

* Saint Mauricio's Church. XVIIIth Century
* Sant Juliá's Church. Pre-Romanic style
* San Mori Castle, Which is more similar to a palace than to a fortification, and is built on top of older ruins.
* Archeological site of an Iberian village.