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Setcases

Field	Value
name	Setcases
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	Setcases.jpg
image_flag	Bandera de Setcases.svg
image_shield	Escut de Setcases.svg
pushpin_map	Spain Province of Girona#Spain
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Catalonia
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Community
subdivision_name1	Catalonia
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Girona
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Ripollès
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Carlos Fernandez Amer (2015)
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	49.1
elevation_m	1230
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_density_km2	auto
population_demonym	Setcasencs, setcasenques
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Setcases (; literally meaning "Seven Houses", set "seven" and cases "houses") is a municipality and town in the Pyrenean comarca of Ripollès in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, near the French border. The Ter River is born in the mountains just above Setcases. The current mayor is Jaume Busquets i Bartolí.

The name Setcases has been documented back to 965, from records of some donations made by Count Sunifred of Besalú, one of the Catalan counties, in the nearby monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon.

The church contains a Baroque altarpiece dedicated to Saint Michael, which is the only such example of one in all of the Camprodon Valley. Unlike many other relics, it was saved from being burned by anarchists and communists during the Spanish Civil War.

Today, Setcases has most of its economic base in year-round tourism, including hiking in the warmer months (e.g. Ulldeter hiking circuit) and skiing during the winter season with a lift at Vallter 2000.

Vallter 2000 is a very big attraction for tourists from all Spain.

View across the northern part of the Setcases ''municipi''. Here, the summits of Gra de Fajol (2714m) and Gra de Fajol Petit (2567m) tower over the Vallter 2000 ski station.

The weather is very cold, specially in winter the temperature can get to about -20 Celsius. In summer the temperature can rise to 20-25 degrees Celsius.

References

"Ajuntament de Setcases". [[Generalitat of Catalonia]].
"El municipi en xifres: Setcases". [[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya.
[http://www.setcases.cat/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 Municipality's website.]
BIRBA, LL. ''La vall de Camprodon.'' 3rd ed. Barcelona, 1989. Ed. Montblanc-Martín (1st ed. 1962 Ed. Selecta)

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