Vilafranca de Bonany | |
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 The village in 2007 | |
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 Location within Mallorca | |
  Vilafranca de Bonany Location in Majorca  Vilafranca de Bonany Vilafranca de Bonany (Balearic Islands)  Vilafranca de Bonany Vilafranca de Bonany (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 39°34′12″N 3°05′17″E / 39.57000°N 3.08806°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Balearic Islands |
| Province | Balearic Islands |
| Comarca | Pla de Mallorca |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.96 km2 (9.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,176 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vilafranca de Bonany (Balearic Catalan: [viləˈfɾaŋkə ðə bonˈaɲ]) is a small municipality in the district of Pla on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is an agricultural town, known for its market stalls along the highway selling spices, fruits, and vegetables as well as tiny doughnuts called bunyols in Majorcan language and buñuelos in Spanish, and also known for the historic Santa Barbara Church built in the 1730s.[2]
In the northeast outskirts of the town is a 17th-century monastery called Ermita de Bonany, or Hermitage of Bonany. It was built in thanks for a good harvest; the name "Bonany" literally means "good year".[2]
This town borders Felanitx, Porreres, Sant Joan, Petra (birthplace of Junípero Serra) and Manacor.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ a b DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mallorca, Menorca & Ibiza,p. 81 (Penguin 2012).