Moianès

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| name = Moianès

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| settlement_type = Comarca

| image_skyline = El_Moianès_des_del_mirador_de_la_Creu_(Moià).jpg

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| image_caption = Moianès rural landscape

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| image_map = Moianès a Catalunya.svg

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| map_caption = Moianès in Catalonia

| coordinates = {{coord|41.8|N|2.1|E|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catalonia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = File:Flag of Barcelona (province).svg Barcelona

| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = Central Catalonia

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Moià

| leader_title1 = Body

| leader_name1 = Moianès Comarcal Council

| leader_title2 = President

| leader_name2 = Laia Bonells (ERC)

| parts_type = Municipalities

| parts_style = list

| p1 = Calders, Castellcir, Castellterçol, Collsuspina, Granera, L'Estany, Moià, Monistrol de Calders, Sant Quirze Safaja, Santa Maria d'Oló

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| area_total_km2 = 337.9

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| population_total = 13,056

| population_as_of = 2014

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| utc_offset1_DST = +2

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| website = ccmoianes.cat

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Moianès ({{IPA|ca|muјəˈnɛs}}) is a comarca in the central region of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is the town of Moià.

It became a comarca in May 2015, following approval in a local referendum and by the Parliament of Catalonia. Its 10 municipalities were in the comarques of Bages, Osona, and Vallès Oriental.{{cite web|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/bages/20150415/54430644006/el-parlament-aprova-la-llei-de-creacio-del-moianes-amb-els-vots-en-contra-de-ciutadans-i.html|title=El Parlament aprova la llei de creació del Moianès amb els vots en contra de Ciutadans i l'abstenció del PP|publisher=La Vanguardia|language=Catalan|date=2015-04-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714070822/http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/bages/20150415/54430644006/el-parlament-aprova-la-llei-de-creacio-del-moianes-amb-els-vots-en-contra-de-ciutadans-i.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2015-07-14}} It had previously been recommended in 2000 in the "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model", known as the "Roca Report", commissioned by the Catalan government.{{cite web|url=http://www.geosoc.udl.es/professorat/informe_OTC.pdf|title=Informe sobre la revisió del Model d'organització teritorial de Catalunya|author=Miquel Roca i Junyent|pages=43, 109|language=Catalan|date=December 2000|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829023715/http://www.geosoc.udl.es/professorat/informe_OTC.pdf|archivedate=2014-08-29|display-authors=etal|access-date=2015-04-16|url-status=dead}} Before it was given legal status, Moianès was considered a "natural comarca"—a distinct geographic region—comprising the eponymous Moianès Plateau.

Municipalities

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! Municipality

! Population{{br}}(2014){{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/|title=El municipi en xifres|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|accessdate=2015-05-25}}

! Area{{br}}km{{sup|2}}

Caldersalign=right | 949align=right | 33.1
Castellciralign=right | 718align=right | 34.2
Castellterçolalign=right | 2,400align=right | 31.9
Collsuspinaalign=right | 338align=right | 15.1
L'Estanyalign=right | 407align=right | 10.2
Graneraalign=right | 80align=right | 23.7
Moiàalign=right | 5,760align=right | 75.3
Monistrol de Caldersalign=right | 695align=right | 22.0
Sant Quirze Safajaalign=right | 644align=right | 26.2
Santa Maria d'Olóalign=right | 1,065align=right | 66.2
• Total: 10align=right | 13,056align=right | 337.9

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