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{{more citations needed|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Ripoll
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| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Ripoll belltower.JPG
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| image_flag              = Bandera de Ripoll.svg
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| image_shield            = Escut de Ripoll.svg
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| map_caption             = Location of Ripoll
| pushpin_map             = Spain Province of Girona#Catalonia#Spain
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Catalonia
| coordinates             = {{coord|42|12|2|N|2|11|34|E|display=inline}}
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Community]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Girona (province)|Girona]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarques of Catalonia|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Ripollès]]
| established_title       =
| established_date        =
| leader_party            = [[Catalan Alliance|AC]]
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Sílvia Orriols]] (2023)
| area_footnotes          =<ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=171479|title=El municipi en xifres: Ripoll|publisher=[[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 73.7
| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 691
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = Ripollès
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| postal_code             = 17147
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| blank_name              = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info              = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
| website                 = {{URL|www.ripoll.cat}}
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'''Ripoll''' ({{IPA|ca|riˈpoʎ}}) is the capital of the ''[[Comarques of Catalonia|comarca]]'' of [[Ripollès]], in the [[province of Girona]], [[Catalonia]], Spain. It is located on the confluence of the [[Ter (river)|Ter]] river and its tributary the Freser, next to the [[Pyrenees]] near the border with France. The population was 11,057 in 2009.<ref>{{cite book|date=2010 |isbn=978-84-393-5437-6 |last=AADD |location=Barcelona |pages=99 |publisher=Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya |title=Museus i Centres de Patrimoni Cultural a Catalunya}}<!-- auto-translated from Catalan by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

== History ==
[[file:(Barcelona) Dovella de Ripoll - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.jpg|thumb|left| ''Dovella de Ripoll,'' [[Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya]]]]
The first traces of humans inhabiting the area date from the [[Bronze Age]] and can be seen in form of [[dolmen]]s such as those found in ''El Sot de Dones Mortes'' or in ''Pardinella''. This area was later used by peoples from the Atlantic culture to store bronze weapons and as a passway from the Catalan Central Depression to the [[Pyrenees]]. The area also has tombs from the late [[Rome|Roman]] occupation age and some belonging to the [[Visigoths]].

It has a famous [[Benedictine]] monastery built in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style, [[Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll|Santa Maria de Ripoll]], founded by the count [[Wilfred the Hairy]]  in 879. The count used it as a centre to repopulate the region after conquering it. In the [[High Middle Ages]], its castle, the Castle of Saguardia, located in the county of Les Llosses was ruled by the Saguàrdia family, of which [[Ponç de la Guàrdia]] was a famous [[troubadour]].

An abundance of coal and iron ore, coupled with the ample water supply of the rivers Ter and Freser, encouraged a metal-working industry in the early Middle Ages. The furnaces of Ripoll were a prime source of nails for the peninsula. Later, pole arms and crossbows, always in demand, were added to Ripoll's exports. Ripoll enjoyed a reputation throughout Europe for the production of firearms. That  success as a manufactory of firearms brought frequent trouble to the city. French invasions in 1794, 1809, 1812, and 1813 crippled the city’s industries. However, the final and utter destruction of Ripoll, resulting from mines and blasting, occurred in 1839 during the [[Carlist Wars]]. Due to the loss of records and archives, not much is known of Ripoll and its industry to this day.

== Climate ==
Ripoll has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Cfa'') bordering on an [[oceanic climate]] (Köppen: ''Cfb'') with cool winters and warm to hot summers. As in many areas of the [[province of Girona]], rainfall is well distributed throughout the year. During the winter, temperatures below {{convert|-5|C|F}} are common, although there may be some winters in which they do not occur.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos |title=Valores climatologicos normales|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date = 4 December 2024}}</ref>
{{Weather box|location = Ripoll (1991–2020), extremes (1989-present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 21.0
|Feb record high C = 23.0
|Mar record high C = 25.7
|Apr record high C = 30.8
|May record high C = 34.1
|Jun record high C = 40.6
|Jul record high C = 40.0
|Aug record high C = 38.0
|Sep record high C = 33.2
|Oct record high C = 30.4
|Nov record high C = 24.3
|Dec record high C = 19.5
|year record high C = 
|Jan high C = 10.3
|Feb high C = 11.8
|Mar high C = 15.3
|Apr high C = 18.0
|May high C = 22.5
|Jun high C = 26.7
|Jul high C = 30.2
|Aug high C = 29.0
|Sep high C = 23.9
|Oct high C = 19.3
|Nov high C = 14.1
|Dec high C = 10.5
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 4.0
|Feb mean C = 5.0
|Mar mean C = 8.1
|Apr mean C = 10.7
|May mean C = 14.8
|Jun mean C = 19.0
|Jul mean C = 22.0
|Aug mean C = 21.2
|Sep mean C = 16.9
|Oct mean C = 13.0
|Nov mean C = 8.1
|Dec mean C = 4.6
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = -2.4
|Feb low C = -1.8
|Mar low C = 0.9
|Apr low C = 3.4
|May low C = 7.0
|Jun low C = 11.2
|Jul low C = 13.8
|Aug low C = 13.4
|Sep low C = 9.9
|Oct low C = 6.7
|Nov low C = 2.0
|Dec low C = -1.3
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = -13.7
|Feb record low C = -12.8
|Mar record low C = -11.3
|Apr record low C = -5.0
|May record low C = -2.0
|Jun record low C = 0.5
|Jul record low C = 4.0
|Aug record low C = 3.5
|Sep record low C = -0.5
|Oct record low C = -5.1
|Nov record low C = -10.2
|Dec record low C = -13.3
|year record low C = 
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 40.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 33.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 48.7
|Apr precipitation mm = 72.4
|May precipitation mm = 85.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 113.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 70.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 96.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 94.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 71.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 61.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 48.6
|year precipitation mm = 
|Jan precipitation days = 4.4
|Feb precipitation days = 4.2
|Mar precipitation days = 5.7
|Apr precipitation days = 8.4
|May precipitation days = 8.2
|Jun precipitation days = 8.4
|Jul precipitation days = 7.3
|Aug precipitation days = 8.8
|Sep precipitation days = 7.3
|Oct precipitation days = 6.6
|Nov precipitation days = 5.4
|Dec precipitation days = 3.8
|year precipitation days = 
|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
|source 1 = [[Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia]]<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.aemet.es/es/datos_abiertos/AEMET_OpenData |title=AEMET OpenData|publisher=Aemet.es|access-date = 4 December 2024}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
Ripoll is over 5% Muslim, predominately of [[Moroccans in Spain|Moroccan]] origin, who arrived in the 1990s to work in industrial factories.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watts |first=Jonathan |date=2017-08-22 |title='These boys were raised among us': terror cell town reels after Catalonia attacks |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/spain-attacks-these-boys-were-raised-among-us-the-town-where-terror-cell-was-born |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Jordi Pérez Colomé, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Marta |date=2017-08-21 |title=Why did "well-integrated" Moroccans carry out Barcelona terror attack? |url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2017/08/20/inenglish/1503229267_859569.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en}}</ref>

==Famous citizens==

* [[Eudald Domènech i Riera]]

==See also==
*[[Ethnographic Museum of Ripoll]]
{{Commons category|Ripoll}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ajripoll.cat}}
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1714790004 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}
* [https://besidestheobvious.net/2021/03/24/what-to-do-in-ripoll-the-cradle-of-catalonia/ Ripoll, the cradle of Catalonia] {{in lang|en}}


{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ripoll
|N  = [[Ogassa]]
|NE = [[Sant Joan de les Abadesses]]
|E  = [[Vallfogona de Ripollès]]
|SE = [[Vidrà]]
|S  = [[Santa Maria de Besora]]
|SW = 
|W  = [[Les Llosses]]
|NW = [[Campdevànol]]
}}
{{Ripolles}}
{{Municipalities in Girona|state=autocollapse}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Ripollès]]
[[Category:Populated places in Ripollès]]