Bages

Bages
Comarca
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Region	Central Catalonia
Capital	Manresa
Municipalities	List Aguilar de Segarra, Artés, Avinyó, Balsareny, Callús, Cardona, Castellbell i el Vilar, Castellfollit del Boix, Castellgalí, Castellnou de Bages, Fonollosa, Gaià, Manresa, Marganell, Monistrol de Montserrat, Mura, Navarcles, Navàs, El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort, Rajadell, Sallent, Sant Feliu Sasserra, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Sant Mateu de Bages, Sant Salvador de Guardiola, Sant Vicenç de Castellet, Santpedor, Súria, Talamanca
Government
• Body	Bages Comarcal Council
• President	Eloi Hernàndez (ERC)
Area
• Total	1,092.2 km2 (421.7 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	175,527
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
	adjusted following Moianès creation
Demonym
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Manresa

Bages (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbaʒəs]) is a comarca (county) in the central region of Catalonia, Spain. The capital is the city of Manresa.

Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener. Agriculture includes vineyards, cereals, and olive groves.

To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Lluçanès, Moianès, and Vallès Occidental. To the south are Baix Llobregat, Anoia and Solsonès. In May 2015, Bages lost five municipalities - Calders, L'Estany, Moià, Monistrol de Calders, Santa Maria d'Oló - to the new comarca of Moianès.^[1]