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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Berga
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| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Berga des de Queralt.jpg
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Community]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarques of Catalonia|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Berguedà]]
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| leader_party            = [[Popular Unity Candidates|CUP]]
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Ivan Sánchez (2021)
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=080229|title=El municipi en xifres: Berga|publisher=[[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 22.6
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| elevation_m             = 704
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| population_demonym      = Berguedà
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| postal_code             = 08600
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'''Berga''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈbeɾɣə}}) is the capital of the ''[[Catalonia/Comarques|comarca]]'' (county) of [[Berguedà]], in the [[province of Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]. It is bordered by the municipalities of [[Cercs]], [[Olvan]], [[Avià]], [[Capolat]] and [[Castellar del Riu]].

== History ==
Berga derives its name from the ''[[Bergistani]],'' an [[Iberians|Iberian]] tribe which lived in the area before the [[ancient Rome|Roman]] conquest. The Bergistani were first subdued by [[Hannibal]] in 218 BC. They rebelled twice against the Romans and were twice defeated; after their second uprising, much of the tribe was sold into slavery. [[Livy]] mentions their principal town, ''{{lang|la|Castrum Bergium}}'', which was probably the precursor of the present-day town of Berga.<ref>''Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana'' vol. III, p. 466. Edicions 62. Barcelona, 1971</ref>

Berga was ruled by [[viscounts]] in the [[Early Middle Ages]] and had [[Counts of Berga|its own counts]] from 988.

Berga was sold to king [[Peter II of Aragon]] in 1199.

In May 2012, the town council passed a motion declaring [[King Juan Carlos]] 'persona non grata' following a series of scandals involving the royal family, most notably the king's recent elephant hunting trip to Africa in the middle of Spain's deepening recession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/05/05/spains_king_declared_unwelcome_by_northern_town/singleton/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505233112/https://www.salon.com/2012/05/05/spains_king_declared_unwelcome_by_northern_town/singleton/ |archive-date=2012-05-05 }}</ref>

== La Patum ==
The [[Patum de Berga]], or simply La Patum, is a popular and traditional festival that is celebrated each year in the city. Locals dress as mystical and symbolic figures, and are accompanied either by the rhythm of a drum (the tabal, whose sound gives the festival its name) or band music.

== Free Software Street ==
On July 3, 2010 the world's first [[Free Software Street]] was inaugurated in Berga, during a ceremony attended by [[Richard Stallman]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Berga inaugura el primer carrer del món dedicat al programari lliure |url=http://www.324.cat/noticia/753146/bergueda/Berga-inaugura-el-primer-carrer-del-mon-dedicat-al-programari-lliure |agency=324 |date=14 July 2010 |language=ca |access-date=26 August 2012}}</ref>

== Sister cities ==
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Guernica (town)|Guernica]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Tarascon-sur-Ariège]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Högsby]], [[Sweden]]<ref>[http://www.hogsby.se/INTERNET/KOMMUNFAKTA/vanorter.asp Vänorter<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813132221/http://www.hogsby.se/INTERNET/KOMMUNFAKTA/vanorter.asp |date=August 13, 2010 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Alfonsina Bueno]]
*[[Antonio Comellas y Cluet]]
*[[José Cunill Postius]]
*[[Marc Bernal]]

==See also==
*[[La Guita Xica]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0802290004 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}


{{Geographic location
|Centre = Berga
|N  = 
|NE = [[Cercs]]
|E  = 
|SE = [[Olvan]]
|S  = [[Avià]]
|SW = 
|W  = [[Capolat]]
|NW = [[Castellar del Riu]]
}}
{{Bergueda}}
{{Municipalities in Barcelona}}
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[[Category:Municipalities in Berguedà]]
[[Category:Populated places in Berguedà]]